Lea Quarry. Much Wenlock. March 2012.
I dont know much about this place but being in the area i decided to go have a look , a few things i found out about the place ,Lea Quarry has been disused for 3 - 7 years ? some say 3 some say as long as 7, but in its' prime worked the local land for varying formations of Limestone. The Wenlock limestone occurs either as a series of thin limestones within shales or as thick massive beds; it is sometimes hard and crystalline and sometimes soft, earthy or concretionary and gets all over you
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Bardon Aggregates took over the site and excavated the stone for commercial purposes, but also worked with local geologists in studying the land and collecting stone and fossil samples.
Since closure the site looks to have been relatively left alone, and the area is common ground for hikers, dog walkers and urbexers.
Wenlock Edge is a 16 mile escarpment that started life as a coral reef south of the equator millions of years ago.Today it is probably one of Britains best fossil-rich natural featues and is in the hands of the National Trust. It is formed from a thick band of limestone on which sits extensive woodland which acts as a haven for an abundance of local wildlife.
The limestone was used for many local buildings, such as Wenlock Priory.
Now that Lea Quarry has finished its working life, the plan, apparently, is to allow it to return to nature and become parkland for the use of walkers , fossil hunters and us
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Was going to sit and pose for the camera till i noticed some one in a van opening the front gates ,i stayed put for a while and they left not long after
Would have liked to go in the building with the fossils in, but two vans were parked outside of it and i could hear work going on so i kept my distance all in all had a good little explore.
I dont know much about this place but being in the area i decided to go have a look , a few things i found out about the place ,Lea Quarry has been disused for 3 - 7 years ? some say 3 some say as long as 7, but in its' prime worked the local land for varying formations of Limestone. The Wenlock limestone occurs either as a series of thin limestones within shales or as thick massive beds; it is sometimes hard and crystalline and sometimes soft, earthy or concretionary and gets all over you
.Bardon Aggregates took over the site and excavated the stone for commercial purposes, but also worked with local geologists in studying the land and collecting stone and fossil samples.
Since closure the site looks to have been relatively left alone, and the area is common ground for hikers, dog walkers and urbexers.
Wenlock Edge is a 16 mile escarpment that started life as a coral reef south of the equator millions of years ago.Today it is probably one of Britains best fossil-rich natural featues and is in the hands of the National Trust. It is formed from a thick band of limestone on which sits extensive woodland which acts as a haven for an abundance of local wildlife.
The limestone was used for many local buildings, such as Wenlock Priory.
Now that Lea Quarry has finished its working life, the plan, apparently, is to allow it to return to nature and become parkland for the use of walkers , fossil hunters and us
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Was going to sit and pose for the camera till i noticed some one in a van opening the front gates ,i stayed put for a while and they left not long after
Would have liked to go in the building with the fossils in, but two vans were parked outside of it and i could hear work going on so i kept my distance all in all had a good little explore
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