Anglezarke with Alan Diggles



The wonders of local geology on a soft, misty day in winter. Saturday, 16 November 2002.

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Voila! Here we have a good big sample of Stigmaria .
Tree Fossil 		A detailed view of Stigmaria (fossilised tree root) on the surface of a displaced block of Coal Measures sandstone.
Zoom in on Tree Fossil 		A view towards White Coppice at the foot of the Moor. A quick descent to the cars was made on a convienient moorland path .
Return on open moorland 		The view point indicator (with its information plate gone AWOL) made a very convenient snack bar for the group. We are overlooking the upper Anglezarke reservoir from the top of the disused Leicester Mill Quarries.
Lunch Time
View from the lunch stop over the Anglezarke Reservoirs.
Anglezarke Reservoirs		 After Lunch we visited Lead Mines Clough (or the valley of the Limestone Brook; the origin of this name is not known but is marked on maps of the area and is a curious choice since there are no outcrops of that rock type here).
Lead Mines Clough 		A small waterfall in the flow of Limestone Brook. Faulting has left a friable black shale alongside a hard, light-coloured sandstone, known as the Fletcher Bank Grit. The water has cut down through the soft shales producing a ravine but the harder grit has resisted erosion giving rise to the waterfall.
Lead Mines Clough 		Just one shot of past mining activity -The Waterwheel Pit. not clearly exposed!
Lead Mines Clough mining remains
Alan Diggles.