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 Sedgwick Trail, Garsdale
Sedgwick Trail 4, Garsdale
site name:-   Sedgwick Trail
locality:-   Clough River
civil parish:-   Garsdale (formerly Yorkshire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   trail point
coordinates:-   SD69619132
1Km square:-   SD6991
10Km square:-   SD69


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BWY56.jpg  View from the marker post.
(taken 27.7.2012)  
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BWY60.jpg  Chert layer on the limestone.
(taken 27.7.2012)  
Chert is found here as a layer, or in nodules. It is a variety of chalcedony; hard, compact silica probably formed by deposition of silica on the sea floor. Chert is used for knife edges in balances. Other varieties of chalcedony are regarded as semiprecious gems, like carnelian.


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BWY57.jpg  Chert layer on the limestone.
(taken 27.7.2012)  
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BWY58.jpg  Chert.
(taken 27.7.2012)  
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BWY59.jpg  Chert.
(taken 27.7.2012)  


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BWY61.jpg  Chert found on the path from trail point 4 to 5,
(taken 27.7.2012)  

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