Whitcliffe Formation

Silurian (Ludlow)

Lithology
Grey to greenish grey, flaggy calcareous siltstone with shelly limestone beds.

Upper Boundary
Base of cross bedded sandstone of Downton Castle Sandstone; locally at base of Ludlow Bone Bed.

Lower Boundary
Above lithological change from limestone (Aymestry Limestone) to calcareous siltstone.

Representative Sites
Longhope Hill

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