{"id":4385,"date":"2015-12-11T21:24:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T21:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2023-06-19T09:17:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T09:17:06","slug":"callow-hill-quarry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/2015\/12\/callow-hill-quarry-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Callow Hill Quarry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-bodycopy clearfix\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2830\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2830\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2830\" src=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CallowHill-025-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Callow Hill Quarry \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CallowHill-025-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CallowHill-025-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CallowHill-025-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CallowHill-025.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Callow Hill Quarry<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Geological overview<br \/>\n<\/b>The quarry lies some 200m from the Wyre Forest Discovery Centre. The quarry consists of Carboniferous conglomerates, sandstones and siltstones together with exhbiting sedimentray features.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a <a href=\"http:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Conservation Champions<\/a> site.\u00a0 The &#8216;Champions&#8217; are a loosely knit group of volunteers who are actively involved in the maintenance and public promotion of 19 geological sites spread across the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. They are engaged in a wide range of activities which vary according to the nature of the site.<\/p>\n<p><b>Location<br \/>\n<\/b>The Wyre Forest, Callow Hill, Worcestershire Grid Reference: SO 7478 7408<\/p>\n<p><b>Access<br \/>\n<\/b>Restricted access. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/?page_id=372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact<\/a> the Community Conservation Champions.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Champions-Logo-Final1-300x249.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2826 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Champions-Logo-Final1-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"Champions-Logo-Final1-300x249\" width=\"100\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Champions-Logo-Final1-300x249.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Champions-Logo-Final1-300x249-150x124.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>Geologi<\/b><b>cal Age<br \/>\n<\/b>Carbonifeorus \u2013 Etruria Formation<\/p>\n<p><b>Rock Types<br \/>\n<\/b>Sedimentary \u2013 Sandstone; conglomerate;\u00a0 palaesols<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features<br \/>\n<\/strong>Variable lithologies<br \/>\nSedimentary structures<br \/>\nFossils<\/p>\n<p><b>Interpretation<br \/>\n<\/b>Interpretation board on site<br \/>\nAn infomation leaflet is available<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Callow Hill Quarry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Geological overview The quarry lies some 200m from the Wyre Forest Discovery Centre. The quarry consists of Carboniferous conglomerates, sandstones and siltstones together with exhbiting sedimentray features.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a Community Conservation Champions site. The &#8216;Champions&#8217; are a loosely knit group of volunteers who are [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4385"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6492,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385\/revisions\/6492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}