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Aymestry Limestone

Silurian (Gorstian)

PERIOD	GROUP	FORMATION
Silurian	Ludlow	Aymestry Limestone

Lithology
Blue-grey, nodular argillaceous limestone with greenish shaly calcareous mudstone

Upper Boundary
Transitional with Upper Ludlow Shale (Whitcliffe Beds) locally.

Lower Boundary
Transitional with Lower Ludlow Shale.

Representative Sites
Wood Green Quarry and Cutting

Information on lithology and boundaries taken from the British Geological Survey Lexicon of Named Rock Units
and BGS Memoirs.