{"id":4403,"date":"2015-12-11T21:06:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T21:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/?p=4403"},"modified":"2023-06-19T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T09:18:07","slug":"hobbs-quarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/2015\/12\/hobbs-quarry\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbs Quarry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hobbs Quarry, Longhope<\/p><\/div>\n

Geological overview<\/b>
\nHobbs Quarry contains a rare exposure of fossilised reefs that formed in a warm, shallow sea during the Silurian period. Today the remains of these coral reefs and the sea creatures that lived over 400 million years ago are preserved as fossils in the limestone<\/p>\n

The fossilised reef-like mounds are called bioherms (known to the quarrymen as ‘ballstones’) with their associated sinuous drapes of overlying\u00a0limestones. These are unbedded, very fine-grained limestones deposited by calcareous algae.<\/p>\n

Also found are corals, such as Halysites, Favosites, Heliolites. Stromatopriods are often found in growth position as part of the bioherms.<\/p>\n

Location
\n<\/b>Longhope, Gloucestershire; Grid Reference: SO 6942 1938<\/p>\n

Access
\n<\/b>Open<\/p>\n

Geologi<\/b>cal Age
\n<\/b>Silurian – Much Wenlock Limestone Formation<\/p>\n

Rock Types
\n<\/b>Sedimentary \u2013 limestone, shale, mudstone<\/p>\n

Features<\/strong>
\nBioherms
\nFossils
\nStratigraphic sequence
\nVariable lithologies
\nSedimentary structures
\nNature Reserve (Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust)<\/a><\/p>\n

Interpretation
\n<\/b>Interpretation board on-site <\/b>
\nHobbs Quarry trail leaflet
\nHuntley, Longhope and Hobb’s Ridge trail guide <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Hobbs Quarry, Longhope<\/p>\n

Geological overview Hobbs Quarry contains a rare exposure of fossilised reefs that formed in a warm, shallow sea during the Silurian period. Today the remains of these coral reefs and the sea creatures that lived over 400 million years ago are preserved as fossils in the limestone<\/p>\n

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