Permian Bridgnorth Sandstone at Quatford in Shropshire
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Permian Bridgnorth Sandstone at Quatford in Shropshire
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 19 Mar 2022
By the A442 road about 180 metres south of the Danery public house at Quatford. 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. The height of the exposure here from grass to base of the tree trunk (not the roots) is about twelve feet (3·65 metres).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.510407
Longitude
-2.386879