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Much Wenlock Limestone

Silurian (Homerian)

PERIOD
GROUP
FORMATION
Silurian
Wenlock
Much Wenlock Limestone

Lithology
Pale grey nodular to thinly bedded limestones with reef bodies

Upper Boundary
Transitional with overlying fossiliferous Bringewood Beds.

Lower Boundary
Above pale grey nodular to thinly bedded limestones with reef bodies of the Much Wenlock Limestone.

Representative Sites
Mugglewort Cutting
Hobb's Quarry

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

 

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