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2 unusual facts about Sherwood Sandstone Group


Sherwood Sandstone Group

The Kinnerton Sandstone Formation (named from the twin villages of Higher and Lower Kinnerton on the England/Wales border west of Chester) is a sequence which ranges from 0m to over 150m thickness of largely aeolian sandstones of early Triassic age.

The Lenton Sandstone Formation (named from the Nottingham suburb of Lenton) is of Induan/Olenekian age.



see also

Little Haywood

Geologically, the village lies on Triassic sandstone of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, with overlying glacial deposits from the last glaciation of Great Britain.