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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