Section of the Strata at Beldon above Blanchland on the Derwent.
Fs. | Ft. | In. | Fs. | Ft. | In. | ||
Low Pit (A) | 5 | 1 | ─ | Brought up | 32 | 4 | ─ |
Pebbles | ─ | ─ | ─ | Plate | 3 | 1 | ─ |
Plate | 2 | 5 | ─ | Coal and Hard Coal sill | 1 | 4 | ─ |
Lime (A 2) | ─ | 3 | ─ | Grey beds | 1 | 2 | ─ |
Coal | ─ | 1 | ─ | Plate and Coal | 1 | 4 | ─ |
Plate | 1 | ─ | ─ | Low Coal sill (Sandstone) | 2 | 3 | ─ |
Hard strings | ─ | ─ | ─ | Plate | 1 | ─ | ─ |
Craig's sill(B) | 4 | 2 | ─ | Hazle | ─ | 3 | ─ |
Plate | 1 | 5 | ─ | Plate | 1 | ─ | ─ |
Cockle shells | ─ | ─ | ─ | Great Lime (E) | 9 | 2 | ─ |
Pattison's sill (C) | 2 | 4 | 6 | Tuft | ─ | 4 | ─ |
Plate | 4 | 1 | 6 | Grey beds | ─ | 2 | 6 |
Hazle | ─ | 3 | ─ | Hazle | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Plate | 2 | ─ | ─ | Plate | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Hazle | 4 | 3 | ─ | Hewitson's Lime (F) | ─ | 4 | ─ |
Plate | 1 | 2 | ─ | ||||
Little Lime and Black bed (D) | 1 | 3 | ─ | ||||
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Carried up | 32 | 4 | ─ | Fathoms | 59 | 4 | 2 |
Section of the Strata at Shildon above Blanchland.
Fs. | Ft. | In. | Fs. | Ft. | In. | ||
Hipple | 7 | ─ | ─ | Brought up | 69 | 3 | 3 |
Plate | 7 | ─ | ─ | Hazle | ─ | 3 | ─ |
High grit | 8 | 3 | 6 | Plate | 2 | 1 | ─ |
Plate and Coal | ─ | 3 | 3 | Hazle | ─ | 4 | ─ |
Plate and white sill | 1 | 1 | 9 | Plate | 5 | 2 | ─ |
Plate, Coal and Plate | 3 | ─ | 6 | Little Limestone (D) | 2 | 1 | ─ |
Low grit (A) | 11 | ─ | 6 | Plate and Coal | ─ | 5 | ─ |
Plate | 1 | 4 | 9 | Coal sill | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Pebbles | 1 | ─ | ─ | Plate | 2 | ─ | ─ |
Plate, Lime, Post and Hazle (A2) | 1 | 4 | ─ | Coal, &c | ─ | 3 | ─ |
Crag sill (B) | 4 | 2 | ─ | Low Coal sill | 1 | 2 | ─ |
Plate | 4 | 3 | 6 | White sill | 3 | 4 | ─ |
Pattison's sill (C) | 6 | 4 | 6 | Grey beds | ─ | ─ | 8 |
White sill | 2 | ─ | ─ | Plate | 1 | ─ | ─ |
Hazle | 4 | 5 | ─ | Great Limestone | ─ | ─ | ─ |
Plate | 4 | ─ | ─ | ||||
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Carried up | 69 | 3 | 3 | Fathoms | 91 | ─ | 2 |