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geological site, Longsleddale
locality:-   Longsleddale
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   geological site
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   NY48110505 (approx) 
1Km square:-   NY4805
10Km square:-   NY40


photograph
BPR94.jpg (taken 5.10.2008)  
photograph
BPR95.jpg (taken 5.10.2008)  
Outcrop of a pink rhyolite. This is a volcanic rock, acid composition, fine grained, and occurs here at the edge of the Borrowdale Volcanic Group.
NB: Beware my amateur geological knowledge.


photograph
BPR96.jpg (taken 5.10.2008)  

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