When I was first shown the Lickey Quartzite at the summit of Bilberry Hill, it seemed incongruous. Unlike the other exposures in this formation, much of the rock at this location was a poorly sorted monomict breccia of quartzite fragments … Continue reading →
The Lower Ordovician Lickey Quartzite is well-known for its lack of fossils. It is interpreted as a near-shore sand flat facies: as such it would have suffered bioturbation, wave agitation and twice-daily scouring by tidal currents. These processes, combined with … Continue reading →
Conservation work by the Lickey Geo-Champions continues to unearth evidence for the structural evolution of the Lickey Quartzite. However, one particular pair of structures has proven to be highly elusive. In The Geology of the Lickey Hills, William Boulton, who … Continue reading →
Ongoing geoconservation work in the quarries of the Lickey Hills continues to unearth evidence of the region’s enigmatic geological history. At the south east end of Barnt Green Road Quarry, the large-scale recumbent fold in the Lickey Quarzite is cut … Continue reading →
On Saturday 12th May, the H&W Earth Heritage Trust held its AGM in the Lickey Hills School Room, with a Champions-led walk scheduled for the afternoon. The Champions had spruced up Warren Lane and Barnt Green Road quarries in advance … Continue reading →
Warren Lane Quarry is a working yard, used by the Parks Ranger Team and so we only started doing conservation sessions here in September 2015 (read the article here: opens in a new tab). The back wall of the quarry … Continue reading →
As part of Earth Science Week every October, we hold an ‘open conservation’ session in Kendal End Quarry – there is a footpath above the quarry so it enables us to catch people as they pass by and then we … Continue reading →
Warren Lane Quarry complements the features shown in the Barnt Green Road Quarry, but has been unavailable for conservation work since it became an EHT designated ‘Champions’ site, in 2011. This was because it was being used as a wood … Continue reading →
Rose Hill quarry has become our new place of work recently – our three most recent clearance days have been at the site. The reason for this is the prospect of uncovering a thrust fault that was described by Professor … Continue reading →
Visitors who have joined us on our public ‘walk and talk’ events will know the ‘boulders’ on the Champions Trail near the viewpoint. These lumps of quartzite lend themselves well to a game of ‘spot the feature’ that was devised … Continue reading →
