Figures

(Figure 1) Location map.

(Figure 2) Generalised vertical section of the strata exposed in Doncaster.

(Figure 3) Bedrock geology by lithostratigraphical group (Figure 4) Bedrock geology by lithostratigraphical formation (Figure 5) Superficial geology by lithostratigraphical group (Figure 6) Superficial deposits by lithogenetic class.

(Figure 4) Bedrock geology by lithostratigraphical formation

(Figure 5) Superficial geology by lithostratigraphical group

(Figure 6) Superficial deposits by lithogenetic class

(Figure 7) Superficial geology by Quaternary domain.

(Figure 8) Natural England Natural Areas.

(Figure 9) Hillshade Digital Surface Model.

(Figure 10) BGS Mines & Quarries Database (25 January 2007).

(Figure 11) Hydrocarbon wells and licence areas.

(Figure 12) Water Wells from BGS Wellmaster — January 2007.

(Figure 13) Doncaster RIGS — March 2007.

(Figure 14) D6 Denaby Lane.

(Figure 15) Road cutting exposure of Mexborough Rock with vegetation overgrowth.[SK 48974 99510].

(Figure 16) Wetlands associated with the former course of the River Don. [SK 48894 99473].

(Figure 17) View to the Don Valley over a fault and down the escarpment. [SK 48870 99500].

(Figure 18) D166 Doncaster Road. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 19) Flyover obscuring outcrop of Mexborough Rock. [SK 49300 99840].

(Figure 20) Remaining outcrop of Mexborough Rock. [SK 49300 99840].

(Figure 21) D177 Wath Road Railway Cutting. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 22) General view to the east. [SE 46116 00093].

(Figure 23) DR2 Harlington Railway Cutting. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 24) Exposure A. Massive Ackworth Rock overlain by flaggy rock and soil in embankment. [SE 47721 03309].

(Figure 25) Exposure B. Cross bedded sandstone. [SE 47934 03075].

(Figure 26) General view of cutting from Green Lane. [SE 47474 03597].

(Figure 27) DR3 Cadeby Waste Water Works. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 28) General view of old quarry face. [SE 51205 00361].

(Figure 29) Detail of old quarry face showing yellow and red cross bedded sandstone. [SE 51205 00361].

(Figure 30) DR1 Denaby Woods/Mexborough Oxbow Lake. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 31) View to the south of escarpments in Mexborough Rock. [SK 47440 99750].

(Figure 32) View to the east along the oxbow lake. [SK 48013 99521].

(Figure 33) View to the south from the north-west end of oxbow lake. [SK 47859 99511].

(Figure 34) DR6 Barnburgh Cliff. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 35) Quarry exposure of Carboniferous Dalton Rock. Trees and vegetation mark the position of the Carboniferous-Permian unconformity. [SE 49400 03960].

(Figure 36) Detail of uppermost exposure of Dalton Rock [SE 49400 03960].

(Figure 37) Detail of ironstone pebbles in Dalton Rock [SE 49400 03960].

(Figure 38) General view of massive shelly ooid-limestones with overlying reef. [SE 50063 03661].

(Figure 39) Massive horizontally bedded shelly ooid-limestones with iron staining. [SE 49488 03953].

(Figure 40) D11 Hazel Lane Quarry. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 41) General view to the south-west of landfill preparatory works. [SE 50063 11272].

(Figure 42) Tyres from Hampole Lime Works Quarry used as drainage layer. [SE 49950 11050].

(Figure 43) Exposure of sandstones and shales of Upper Coal Measures in quarry floor. [SE 50174 11154].

(Figure 44) Exposure of reddened limestones and red marl bands to north-east corner. [SE 49701 11567].

(Figure 45) D4 Watchley Crags. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 46) Exposure C - extensive fire damage to exposure of flaggy limestone. [SE 47545 06860].

(Figure 47) Exposure C - detail of fine grained, cross-laminated limestone. [SE 47545 06860].

(Figure 48) Exposure F - detail of the Yellow Sands Formation and overlying limestone of the Cadeby Formation. [SE 47482 06776].

(Figure 49) Exposure G - general view of the junction between the Yellow Sands Formation and the Cadeby Formation. [SE 47482 06776].

(Figure 50) D15 Melton Park. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 51) Old dolostone quarry face in the Wetherby Member, Cadeby Formation. [SE 50885 01735].

(Figure 52) View to the along the escarpment in Pennine Upper Coal Measures. [SE 50940 01370].

(Figure 53) General view of main exposure of the Yellow Sands Formation. [SE 50882 01404].

(Figure 54) Boundary between the Yellow Sands Formation and the overlying Wetherby Member of the Cadeby Formation. [SE 50882 01404].

(Figure 55) Detail of limestone breccia along a joint running parallel to the quarry face. [SE 50868 01762].

(Figure 56) D133 Hooton Pagnell. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 57) General view of old quarry face in the Wetherby Member along the limestone escarpment. [SE 48352 07448].

(Figure 58) Differential weathering between shelly ooid-limestones and overlying flaggy limestones in the Wetherby Member. [SE 48349 07443].

(Figure 59) Erosional surface between coarse pisolites and the underlying shelly ooid-limestones in the Wetherby Member. [SE 48341 07433].

(Figure 60) Sandy pockets within the flaggy limestones of the Wetherby Member. [SE 48345 07440].

(Figure 61) D13 North Cliff Quarry. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 62) View of Carboniferous scarp and dip topography across the Don Valley to the west. [SK 50500 99180].

(Figure 63) General view across the quarry towards Conisbrough Viaduct to the east. [SK 50620 99250].

(Figure 64) Section through Bryozoan reef overlying well bedded shelly limestones in the Wetherby Member. [SK 50648 99256].

(Figure 65) D5 Hooton Pagnell Village Pound. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 66) Detail of well bedded and sorted pisolite beds. [SE 48551 08048].

(Figure 67) General view of well bedded and sorted pisolite beds in the Wetherby Member. [SE 48551 08048].

(Figure 68) General view of bryozoan reef in the Wetherby Member incorporated into War Memorial Garden. [SE 48563 08127].

(Figure 69) D20 – D22 Cadeby Cliff/Constitution Hill. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 70) General view of escarpment to west, with gorse marking the approximate location of glacial sand and gravel. [SK 51954 99568].

(Figure 71) Exposure B - stalactitic calcite growth along joint. [SK 51846 99590].

(Figure 72) Exposure B - growth of calcite crystals along joint. [SK 51846 99590].

(Figure 73) Exposure E - outcrop of cemented coarse glacial sand and gravel. [SK 51713 99601].

(Figure 74) Exposure E - detail of cemented coarse glacial sand and gravel, showing imbricated pebbles. [SK 51713 99601].

(Figure 75) Exposure F - underside of limestone slab, showing cast of a Karst surface. [SK 51281 99240].

(Figure 76) Exposure J - detail of fine pyrolusite laminations in limestone fragment within head deposit. [SK 51350 99600].

(Figure 77) Exposure N - reef exposure in middle foreground, distinguished by white weathered appearance and irregular shape. [SK 51446 99595].

(Figure 78) D112 Parknook Quarry. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 79) General view of bedded limestone and former quarry benches to the north-west corner. [SE 51400 12835].

(Figure 80) Horizontal bedded limestones showing typical fracture patterns in the west quarry face. [SE 51487 12659].

(Figure 81) Well bedded limestone exposed in the lower section of the north quarry face within the Wetherby member. [SE 51440 12850].

(Figure 82) D28 Pot Ridings Wood Railway Cutting. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 83) General view east from centre of cutting. [SE 52785 00492].

(Figure 84) Brecciated mound with overlying well bedded limestones following the topography of an erosional surface. [SE 52897 00623].

(Figure 85) Exposure of irregular shaped reef mound with steeply dipping well bedded limestones of the Wetherby Member. [SE 52727 00444].

(Figure 86) A joint infilled with brecciated limestone fragments and unconsolidated Quaternary sandy clay. [SE 52750 00450].

(Figure 87) DR5 Levitthagg Wood. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 88) General view of reef/breccia and white flow stone to right hand side. [SE 53769 01050].

(Figure 89) Detail of red marl and associated breccia. [SE 53780 01083].

(Figure 90) D94 Warmsworth Quarry. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 91) General view of north face of breccia stump. [SE 53458 00455].

(Figure 92) General view of south face of breccia stump. [SE 53457 00488].

(Figure 93) Detail of sandstone and limestone layers in south face of breccia stump. [SE 53457 00488].

(Figure 94) General view of quarry looking to the west. [SE 53900 00400].

(Figure 95) Warmswoth Park.

(Figure 96) General view of landscaping of the old quarry benches looking to the north. [SE 54460 00300].

(Figure 97) General view of till (left) and limestones of the Sprotbrough Member (right). [SE 54470 00305].

(Figure 98) Development of a sink hole and solution features along a joint in the eastern face of the quarry. [SE 54470 00370].

(Figure 99) DR4 Nearcliff Wood Quarries. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 100) General view of large scale slumping, breccias, rifts and associated head and fissure deposits. [SK 52763 99485].

(Figure 101) General view of large scale slumping, breccias, rifts and associated head and fissure deposits. [SK 52763 99485].

(Figure 102) Slump structures. [SK 52763 99548].

(Figure 103) General view of large scale slumping, breccias, rifts and associated head and fissure deposits. [SK 52763 99485].

(Figure 104) Slump structures. [SK 52763 99548]. (Figure 105). Breccia and sandy deposits in rift [SK 52761 99540].

(Figure 106) D300 Conisbrough Caves East. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 107) General view of entrances to Nearcliff Wood Cave. [SK 52734 99519].

(Figure 108) Entrances to Nearcliff Wood Cave. [SK 52734 99519].

(Figure 109) Entrance to Windy Cave. [SK 52761 99540].

(Figure 110) Entrance to High Rift Cave. [SK 52737 99231].

(Figure 111) D301 Conisbrough Caves West.

(Figure 112) Eastern access to Cadeby Pot. [SK 51800 99060]. Western access to Cadeby Pot. [SK 51400 99070]

(Figure 113) D302 Conisbrough Caves South. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 114) Holy Well Spring. [SK 51077 98199].

(Figure 115) Entrance to Holy Well Cave. [SK 51077 98199].

(Figure 116) D303 Levitt Hagg Hole. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 117) General view of cave entrance from 1997 survey. [SE 53784 01029].

(Figure 118) D61 New Edlington Brick Pit. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 119) General view across the old flooded brick pit to the south-west. [SK 53320 98610].

(Figure 120) Exposure of weathered till to the north side of the flooded brick pit. [SK 53140 98550].

(Figure 121) Detail of gypsum outcrop within the Edlington Formation, as seen during the 1997 RIGS survey. [SK 53250 98500].

(Figure 122) D31 Leys Hill Bridge. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 123) General view along drainage ditch to the east. [SE 52150 06720].

(Figure 124) General view along drainage ditch to the west. [SE 52340 06650].

(Figure 125) Exposure of weathered red marl of the Edlington Formation. [SE 52280 06679].

(Figure 126) View of osiers that largely obscure the exposures of marl in the drainage ditch. [SE 52280 06679].

(Figure 127) D51 Hexthorpe Flatts — The Dell. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 128) General views looking north of rocky landscaping in The Dell, the water feature and quarry faces in the background. [SE 55900 02100].

(Figure 129) Thin bedded limestones with a thicker ooidal bed, typical of the limestones of the Brotherton Formation. [SE 55930 02050].

(Figure 130) Detail of fine grained flaggy limestones and a bed of massive ooid-limestone within the Brotherton Formation. [SE 55930 02050].

(Figure 131) Exposure of Pleistocene till. [SE 50800 02000].

(Figure 132) D87 Brodsworth Quarry. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 133) D99 Skelbrooke Quarry. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 134) General view of restoration and tree planting works. [SE 51116 11573].

(Figure 135) Last remaining exposure of limestones of the Brotherton Formation and overlying Roxby Formation. [SE 51116 11573].

(Figure 136) D44 Cedar Road Adventure Playground. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 137) General view of the quarry and Sherwood Sandstone faces to the north. [SE 55840 01000].

(Figure 138) Section through cross-bedded Sherwood Sandstone showing thin beds of marl pebbles. [SE 55770 01030].

(Figure 139) Exposure of Pleistocene glaciofluvial sand and gravel overlying Sherwood Sandstone along the eastern boundary. [SE 55870 01020].

(Figure 140) Detail of Pleistocene boulder clay overlying Sherwood Sandstone in the north-eastern corner of the quarry. [SE 55810 01060].

(Figure 141) D101 Dunsville Quarry. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 142) General view to the west. [SE 65175 07905].

(Figure 143) General view to south west from quarry entrance. [SE 65775 07817].

(Figure 144) General view of Sherwood Sandstone to north quarry face. [SE 65775 07817].

(Figure 145) Development of spring line along a bed of marl in Sherwood Sandstone. [SE 65237 07846].

(Figure 146) Exposed joint plane in Sherwood Sandstone, showing ersoional surface. [SE 65230 07820].

(Figure 147) Cryoturbated Older River Gravel. [SE 65775 07817].

(Figure 148) D102 Common Lane Quarry. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 149) General view of Sherwood Sandstone along east quarry face. [SK 65933 96386].

(Figure 150) General view of Sherwood Sandstone in the west quarry face, with large scale cross bedding. [SK 65944 96127].

(Figure 151) Burrow/nest and mining bee holes in Sherwood Sandstone. [SK 65970 96268].

(Figure 152) Weathered boulder of red marl in Sherwood Sandstone. [SK 65914 96211].

(Figure 153) Boundary between Older River Gravel and Sherwood Sandstone. [SK 65912 96305].

(Figure 154) Channel of Older River Gravel on Sherwood Sandstone in east quarry face. [SK 65960 96325].

(Figure 155) D190–192 Blaxton Common. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 156) General view of old sand and gravel workings. [SE 68716 02029].

(Figure 157) Detail of Sherwood Sandstone in old sand and gravel workings. [SE 68716 02029].

(Figure 158) Residual exposure of sand and gravel. [SE 68491 01742].

(Figure 159) Detail of sand and gravel beneath tree roots. [SE 66879 01704].

(Figure 160) D109 Hurst Plantation Quarry. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007].

(Figure 161) General view of dormant sand and gravel quarry. [SK 63883 98977].

(Figure 162) General view of dormant sand and gravel quarry. [SK 63883 98977].

(Figure 163) General view of old clay workings. [SK 63639 99078].

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