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Bridgnorth Sandstone

Early Permian

PERIOD
GROUP
FORMATION
Permian
New Red Sandstone
Bridgnorth Sandstone

Lithology
Cross bedded aeolian sandstones, mainly brick red, soft, medium-grained. Buff mottling common.

Upper Boundary
Unconformably overlain by fluvial dominated sequence of the Bromsgrove Sandstone.

Lower Boundary
Unconformable on Coal Measures and interpreted early Permian breccias (Haffield Breccia).

Representative Sites
Bromsberrow Heath Pit

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

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