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Bringewood Beds

Silurian (Gorstian)

PERIOD	GROUP	FORMATION
Silurian	Ludlow	Bringewood Beds

Lithology
Mudstone, grey with common fossiliferous, argillaceous, nodular limestone layers and corals.

Upper Boundary
Base of nodular limestones of the Aymestry Limestone.

Lower Boundary
Transitional with underlying poorly fossiliferous Elton Beds.

Representative Sites
Flaxley Quarry

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