Lathkill Dale FieldtripGeology Presentation – 23.11.10

Cheryl, Debbie, Michelle, Katy & Kelly

Introduction

Location

• Lies 5km South of Bakewell.

• Part of the Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve.

History

• Traced back to early Carboniferous period.

• Approximately 340 million years ago.

Landscape

• At first would have been underwater with only peaks visible.

• Changed again during Pleistocene period (2 million years ago)

Lathkill Dale Map

Entrance•Limestone bridge over river.•Fossils have been revealed due to the wear of visitors shoes on the stone.•Area was once a limestone mill featuring a large water wheel.

Site One

Limestone rock on side of path.

Visible bedding planes dipping to the north.

Saturated with water allowing plans and fauna to grow.

Site Two

Mining hole – would have been mined for iron and lead.

Mining in Lathkill Dale has taken place since the bronze age.

The Hole would have been a way of draining the mine for ore. This method was called sough.

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