Taynton Limestone
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)
PERIOD |
GROUP |
FORMATION |
Jurassic |
Great Oolite |
Taynton Limestone |
Lithology
White to pale brown, typically well-sorted medium- to coarse-grained, moderately to highly shell-detrital ooidal grainstone, locally fine- to very coarse-grained; medium to thickly well-bedded and cross-bedded, with thin shell-detrital marl seams and locally calcareous sandstone beds.
Upper Boundary
Passage upwards into fine-grained ooidal limestone and marls of Hampen Formation
Lower Boundary
Top of highest significant mudstone in Fuller's Earth Formation or Sharp's Hill Formation, or passage from finer grained limestone of the Eyford Member, where present.
Representative Sites
Daglingworth Quarry
Farmington Quarry
Information on lithology and boundaries taken from the British Geological Survey Lexicon of Named Rock Units |
