Sandstone by the A442 south of Quatford in Shropshire
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Sandstone by the A442 south of Quatford in Shropshire
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 19 Mar 2022
Looking south towards Kidderminster. The exposure is of Permian Bridgnorth Sandstone. These rocks consist of fossilised sand dunes which were part of a very large desert that existed around 300 million years ago when this land was a sub-tropical part of the single continent known as Pangea.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.510496
Longitude
-2.387174