Carboniferous Limestone
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Carboniferous Limestone is a collective term for the succession of limestones occurring widely throughout Great Britain and Ireland that were deposited during the Dinantian Epoch of the Carboniferous
Carboniferous Limestone exposed at Ogmore-by-Sea, Wales. Carboniferous/Jurassic unconformity.
Carboniferous Limestone exposed at Tedbury Camp, Somerset, England.
Cross-section of Carboniferous Limestone bored by Jurassic organisms; borings include Gastrochaenolites (some with boring bivalves in place) and Trypanites; Mendip Hills, England; scale bar = 1 cm.
Carboniferous coral, Ingleton, North Yorkshire
Worm's Head
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Worm's Head is a headland, at Rhossili, part of the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It is the furthest westerly point of the Gower Peninsula. The name Worm's Head is derived from an Old English wor
Carboniferous Limestone
…It turns west again to meet Swansea Bay at Porthcawl. West of the bay, the rock forms the renowned southern coast of Gower between Mumbles Head and Worms Head. There are further occurrences in the Vale of Glamorgan, both inland and on the coast. An important outlier is that of the Forest of Dean basin which…
Worm's Head, viewed from above Rhossili Bay Beach.
The Devil's Bridge
Looking back toward the tidal path between the mainland and Inner Head.
Looking back towards the mainland from the Outer Head