Morley Quarry, Shepshed, looking south
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Morley Quarry, Shepshed, looking south by Sue Hutton as part of the Geograph project.
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Morley Quarry, Shepshed, looking south
Image: © Sue Hutton Taken: 3 May 2005
Charnwood Borough Council acquired this site, ostensibly to equip for climbing. Although it isn't actually much good for climbing, it does show the outline of a wadi (desert stream) bed infilled with Triassic-Rhaetic marls at the top of the southern face. The eastern face, seen here, reveals northward sloping Charnwood volcanics of Precambrian age. The quarry would have been built to excavate one of the many syenite intrusions in Charnwood Forest.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.756621
Longitude
-1.296136