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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.

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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.