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<\/a>Gardiners Quarry<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
An interpretation panel was produced for Gardiner\u2019s Quarry. Click here to see the panel: Gardiner\u2019s Quarry Panel.<\/a><\/p>\n Malvern Hills booklet<\/p><\/div>Malvern Hills booklet<\/strong><\/p>\n This 52 page booklet takes you on a figure of eight trail 13km (8.2 miles) long and links four Champions Sites; Gardiners Quarry, Dingle Quarry, Westminster Bank Quarry and Tank Quarry. In addition to the detailed descriptions of the fascinating and variable geology seen on the Hills, the booklet also describes the biological and historical features seen at each site. The trail can also be walked as a linear 6.5km (4.18 mile) route. Copies of the booklet cost \u00a33.00 each, and can be obtained from the Earth Heritage Trust<\/a>.<\/p>\n The booklet can also be downloaded here: Malvern Hills Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n 677 Ma<\/strong>: Crystallisation of igneous rocks (Malverns Complex) from molten rock (magma) at depth.<\/p>\n 566 Ma<\/strong>: Eruption of lavas and volcanic ash (Broad Down, south-east of Herefordshire Beacon.<\/p>\n 530 Ma<\/strong>: Emergence of deep-seated Malverns Complex rocks at surface.<\/p>\n 440 Ma<\/strong>: Submergence of Malverns Complex below the Silurian sea.<\/p>\n 300 – 310 Ma<\/strong>: Malverns Complex pushed up towards the surface along thrust faults to form mountains.<\/p>\n 210 \u2013 250 Ma<\/strong>: Subsidence of the Worcester Basin along major normal faults forming basis for the present landscape.<\/p>\n 65 \u2013 99 Ma<\/strong>: Submergence of Britain below Cretaceous sea.<\/p>\n 65 Ma to present day<\/strong>: Emergence of Britain with weathering and erosion producing the main elements of the landscape we see today.<\/p>\n 450,000 years ago<\/strong>: Anglian Ice Age with a major ice sheet, 300 \u2013 400 m thick, occupying the Severn Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gardiner\u2019s Quarry Gardiners Quarry is one of many aggregates quarries that can be found across the Malvern Hills. Found on the western side of the hills, it is a small quarry; 30m across and 15m high. The quarry is used …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1969,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/1969"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nMalvern Hills booklet – part 1<\/a>
\nMalvern Hills booklet – Trail map<\/a>
\nMalvern Hills booklet – part 2<\/a><\/p>\n
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