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Woolhope Limestone

Silurian (Sheinwoodian)

PERIOD	GROUP	FORMATION
Silurian	Wenlock	Woolhope Limestone

Lithology
Thinly bedded nodular limestones and calcareous siltstone and mudstones; some bentonites.

Upper Boundary
Conformably overlain by Coalbrookdale Formation; transitional junction.

Lower Boundary
Uncertain in Gloucestershire. Overlies Yartleton Formation of May Hill Sandstone.

Representative Sites
No Representative Site

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