Daglingworth Quarry Interpretation – Read more...
(Commissioned by Hanson)
Hanson have produced a Geodiversity Action Plan for Daglingworth Quarry, which identifies a need to provide interpretation of the site. They approached GGT with a proposal to produce an interpretation board to be installed at a viewpoint overlooking the quarry... |
The West Gloucestershire Geodiversity Audit and Local Geodiversity Action Plan (LGAP) – Read more...
(Completed: March 2008, Supported by Defra's Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund)
This project forms part of the development of a Local Geodiversity Action Plan (LGAP) for the county of Gloucestershire. The geology and landscape of Gloucestershire can be generally defined in three distinct areas; the Cotswolds, the Severn Vale, and West Gloucestershire. The county... |
Gloucestershire RIGS Designation – Read more...
(CCompleted: March 2008, Supported by Defra's Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund)
The aim of this project was to identify, survey, photograph and validate between 30 – 40 RIGS in Gloucestershire, at least 75 percent of which will be either working or disused aggregate sites or located in geological formations that would... |
Cotswold Geodiversity Trails – Read more...
(Completed: March 2008, Supported by Defra's Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund)
This project aimed to highlight the significance of geodiversity in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds through the production of a free leaflet, to be used as a visitor resource, explaining the link between geology, landscape, history and heritage... |
Huntley Quarry Geology Reserve – Read more...
(Stage 1 completed March 2008. Supported by Ibstock Cory Environmental Trust)
The Forest of Dean now has a unique geological site at Huntley. Around 440 million years ago a unique set of rocks, the Huntley Quarry Beds, was formed from an unusual combination of volcanic and sedimentary processes at a continental plate boundary. This was a time when... |
Stony Furlong & Lower Chedworth Trail – Read more...
(Supported by Gloucestershire Environmental Trust)
This project carried out conservation work on the SSSI at Stony Furlong railway cutting, providing a new access route to the site, and produced a Gloucestershire Uncovered Trail Guide for the geology in the cutting, and the landscape of the Chedworth Valley... |
West Gloucestershire Carboniferous Aggregates Project – Read more...
(Completed March 2007. Supported through Defra’s Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund)
The project concentrated on the aggregate producing rocks of West Gloucestershire, and was a forerunner to the West Gloucestershire LGAP Project. There were two main aims that consisted primarily of data recording and interpretation, and outreach and education... |
Gloucestershire Cotswolds Geodiversity Audit and LGAP – Read more...
(Completed May 2005. Supported by MIRO and the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund)
This project forms part of the development of a Local Geodiversity Action Plan (LGAP) for the county of Gloucestershire. The geology and landscape of Gloucestershire can be generally defined in three distinct areas; the Cotswolds, the Severn Vale, and West Gloucestershire... |
