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29 de may. de 2024 · The land lies at its highest at the west end of the ridge where a house called Summerhill stands at 1,513 ft. (461 m.). The ridge tapers to the south-east, the land dropping gradually to 883 ft. (269 m.) at the south-eastern tip of the township. The underlying rock is sandstone of the Millstone Grit series.
Hace 2 días · The underlying rock is sandstone of the Millstone Grit series, which outcrops on the west side of the township at Ramshaw Rocks and near Newstone Farm. A shallow basin of the Coal Measures overlies the rock in the Blue Hills area along the western boundary.
Hace 3 días · Boulder Clay overlies the rock north-east of the village and also around Gateham Grange and on Archford moor. The soil over the limestone is silty, and over the Millstone Grit it is loam and clay. Nine people in Alstonefield township were assessed for tax in 1327 and 10 in 1333.
20 de may. de 2024 · This specimen of ganister is from Ganister from the United Collieries Limited, Drum Pits, Torbanehill, Whitburn near Armadale and is Carboniferous, Millstone Grit in age. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7489.
17 de may. de 2024 · Arnold Bennett’s masterpiece, The Old Wives’ Tale, published in 1908, is set in the mid-nineteenth century, and tells the contrasting stories of two sisters, Sophia and Constance. The latter spends her life running the family drapers’ shop in Stoke on Trent, while her sister has a more adventurous life in Paris.
28 de may. de 2024 · Millstone Grit shales form the lower ground beyond and backed by the gentle grass-covered scarp of the Farewell Rock (basal Coal Measures). Beyond the latter is the heavily drift-covered vale of Lower and Middle Coal Measures with the high ground of the Pennant Measures in the background.] ...
13 de may. de 2024 · Millstone grit. Dimensions. (overall) H now 2.388 m. above ground, with c. 38 cm. set into the floor × Diam. at the top: 0.457. (base) W 0.4318 × H 0.2032 × D 0.4572 m. Decoration and iconography. Cylindrical; the base is rectangular. Condition. The shaft is broken across 91 cm. below the top. Site. England-Origin Unknown. Find context.
