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geological site, Orton S
site name:-   road, Kendal to Shap
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   geological site
locality type:-   cutting
coordinates:-   NY55520544
1Km square:-   NY5505
10Km square:-   NY50

photograph
BPQ28.jpg  Bedding at a steep angle; cracked and jointed, the rock is very leaky.
(taken 24.8.2008)  
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BPQ29.jpg  Ripple marks.
(taken 24.8.2008)  
Borrowdale Volcanic Group rocks, Silurian period, exposed by a road cutting. The bedding is at a steep angle; the rocks are folded in a group of tight synclines and anticlines. The ripple marks imply the rocks were laid down in shallow water, not too active.
NB: beware my amateur geological knowledge.

photograph
BPQ30.jpg  Ripple marks.
(taken 24.8.2008)  
photograph
BPQ31.jpg  It is possible to see bedding and cleavage, nearly parallel.
(taken 24.8.2008)  
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