{"id":4401,"date":"2015-12-11T21:08:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T21:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2023-06-19T09:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T09:18:02","slug":"high-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/2015\/12\/high-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"High Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-bodycopy clearfix\">\n<div id=\"attachment_4659\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4659\" class=\"wp-image-4659 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GR727933.-Hermiatge-hill-coppice-lookout-exposure-416th-March-2007-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone overlain by conglomerate at High Rock \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GR727933.-Hermiatge-hill-coppice-lookout-exposure-416th-March-2007-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GR727933.-Hermiatge-hill-coppice-lookout-exposure-416th-March-2007-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GR727933.-Hermiatge-hill-coppice-lookout-exposure-416th-March-2007-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GR727933.-Hermiatge-hill-coppice-lookout-exposure-416th-March-2007.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandstone overlain by conglomerate at High Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Geological overview<br \/>\n<\/b>The red sandstone is Permian in age and formed when the area was covered by a huge desert, much like the Sahara today. In the cliffs you can see the shapes left behind by massive sand dunes as they travelled across the hot, dry continent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The overlying conglomerates are Triassic in age and are referred to as the Kidderminster Formation unit of rocks. The pebble beds were created by flash floods that rushed down from the mountains, bringing destruction in their wake.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Location<br \/>\n<\/b>Bridgnorth, Shropshire; Grid Reference: SO 7240 9394<\/p>\n<p><b>Access<br \/>\n<\/b>Open along public rights of way<\/p>\n<p><b>Geologi<\/b><b>cal Age<br \/>\n<\/b>Permian- Bridgnorth Sandstone Formation<b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nTriassic \u2013 Kidderminster Formation <b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Rock Types<br \/>\n<\/b>Sedimentary \u2013 sandstone; conglomerate<br \/>\nUnconsolidated deposits \u2013 sand and gravel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><br \/>\nSedimentary structures<br \/>\nVariable lithologies<br \/>\nStratigraphic sequencing<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandstone overlain by conglomerate at High Rock<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Geological overview The red sandstone is Permian in age and formed when the area was covered by a huge desert, much like the Sahara today. In the cliffs you can see the shapes left behind by massive sand dunes as they travelled across [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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\/4401"}],"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=4401"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4758,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions\/4758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}