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Lydney Cliffs, Gloucestershire

BCGS Posted on 7 June 2019 by admin7 June 2019
Lydney Cliffs, Gloucestershire

10.30 – 4.00
15 June

Saturday 15 June (Field Meeting): Lydney Cliffs, Gloucestershire, led by John Moseley (Gloucestershire Geoconservation Trust). Meet at 10.30 at Lydney Docks. Good parking at east end of Harbour Road, (GR 647013). Views of River Severn and south to Aust Cliffs, walk along low cliff to access Lydney Cliff section (caution required!), to examine Pridolian sequences. Lunch in Lydney, or at Parkend, 2 miles north of Lydney. Afternoon: Visit to Meezy Hurst (GR 64110896) which displays part of the Westphalian succession and gives an indication of the intra-Carboniferous unconformable contact with the more steeply folded underlying dolomitic limestone at Howbeach Slade (GR 64650905). Finish around 4.00. Bring a packed lunch or there may be an opportunity to buy lunch in Lydney or at the Forest of Dean VC.

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Building Stones of Birmingham from Centenary Square to Brindley Place 21 May
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