Doncaster Geodiversity Assessment Volumes 1&2

S Engering and H F Barron Contributors

A H Cooper Editor

Geology and Landscape South Programme Commissioned Report CR/07/025N

(Front cover)

Contents

Doncaster Geodiversity Assessment Volume 1 title page and preliminaries

Foreword

I acknowledgements

I contents

Summary

1 Introduction

1.1 Project background

1.2 Project objectives

1.3 Legislative and policy context

2 Geodiversity and its importance

2.1 Geodiversity – why is it important?

3 The geology of Doncaster

3.1 Introduction — Bedrock

3.2 Introduction — Quaternary

3.3 Geology and landscape – natural areas

3.4 Carboniferous

3.5 Permian

3.6 Triassic

3.7 Neogene (Quaternary)

3.8 Structure

4 Mineral resources

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Resources and reserves

4.3 Sand and gravel

4.4 Crushed rock aggregates

4.5 Industrial dolostone

4.6 Brick clay, including fireclay

4.7 Building stones

4.8 Coal

4.9 Peat

4.10 Hydrocarbons.

5 Groundwater resources

5.1 Overview

5.2 Permian Yellow Sands, Cadeby and Brotherton formations

5.3 Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group.

5.4 Quaternary superficial deposits.

6 Geodiversity of Doncaster

6.1 Site of Special Scientific Importance (SSSI)

6.2 Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Sites (RIGS)

7 Sources of information

7.1 BGS maps

7.2 South Yorkshire RIGS Group

7.3 Doncaster Council

7.4 Project GIS

8 Glossary

9 Selected bibliography

9.1 General geodiversity

9.2 Geology of Doncaster

Appendix UKRIGS Field Record and Site Assessment

A1 D6 Denaby Lane

A2 D166 Doncaster Road

A3 D177 Wath Road Railway Cutting

A4 DR2 Harlington Railway Cutting

A5 DR3 Cadeby Waste Water Works

A6 DR1 Denaby Woods

A7 DR6 Barnburgh Cliff

A8 D11 Hazel Lane Quarry

A9 D4 Watchley Crags

A10 D15 Melton Park

A11 D133 Hooton Pagnell

A12 D13 North Cliff Quarry

A13 D5 Hooton Pagnell Village Pound

A14 D20–D22 Cadeby Cliff/Constitution Hill

A15 D112 Parknook Quarry

A16 D28 Pot Ridings Wood Railway Cutting

A17 DR5 Levitthagg Wood

A18 D94 Warmsworth Quarry

A19 D78 Warmsworth Park

A20 DR4 Nearcliff Wood Quarries

A21 D300 Conisbrough Caves East

A22 D301 Conisbrough Caves West

A23 D302 Conisbrough Caves South

A24 D303 Levitt Hagg Hole

A25 D61 New Edlington Brick Pit

A26 D31 Leys Hill Bridge

A27 D51 Hexthorpe Flatts

A28 D87 Brodsworth Quarry

A29 D99 Skelbrooke Quarry

A30 D44 Cedar Road Adventure Playground

A31 D101 Dunsville Quarry

A32 D102 Common Lane Quarry

A33 D190–192 Blaxton Common

A34 D109 Hurst Plantation Quarry

Doncaster Geodiversity Assessment Volume 2: Maps

Figures