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Field Meeting to Castleton, Derbyshire looking at the limestones in Cave Dale and the sandstones and landslip on Mam Tor

BCGS Posted on 12 December 2023 by admin9 February 2024
Field Meeting to Castleton, Derbyshire looking at the limestones in Cave Dale and the sandstones and landslip on Mam Tor

10.30 – 4.00
6 April

Saturday 6 April (Field Meeting): Castleton, Derbyshire looking at the limestones in Cave Dale and the sandstones and landslip on Mam Tor. Led by Albert Benghiat (Shropshire Geological Society). Meet at 10.30 outside Castleton Visitor Centre, Buxton Road, Castleton, S33 8WN where there are toilets and a large pay and display car park. The morning walk will be around 4km through Cave Dale along good paths but sometimes uneven ground. Please wear suitable clothes and footwear. Some of the sites are quite exposed. Bring a packed lunch. There are pubs in in Castleton for refreshment at the end of the day. Finish around 4.00.
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Wren’s Nest 18 January
Geoconservation Day: Saltwells LNR 8 February

Programme of Events

  • 8.00, 22 September – Geological perspectives on the 'world’s largest' conventional explosion at Fauld Mine Staffordshire
  • 10.00, 19 October – 50th Anniversary Part 2: Permo-Triassic and the Ice Age in the Black Country
  • 8.00, 20 October – What Lies Beneath? Discoveries from Deep-Sea Drilling at Santorini Volcano (IODP Expedition 398)
  • 8.00, 17 November – Medicine and Geology - an exploration
  • 7.30, 15 December – Members' Evening and Christmas Social
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