Kingswood Raglan Mudstone Solid Rock

Does that make sense?  Mudstone solid rock–huh?  Apparently it does and we have mudstone muddy and mudstone solid in the parish.  Our audit shows a (an) RM cliff at Horsham but not accessible; this one at Kingswood lies under the geoparkway that runs alongside the River Teme.  Funny we, and no one else for that matter, had noticed it before.  Very micaceous (lots of sparkly bits) and exceptionally flat cleavage plains; sometimes solid, large, but easily fractured blocks, other times very thinly bedded almost as pages in a book.  Here are a few pics:

  • Micaceous Raglan Mudstone
  • Typical Raglan Mudstone, red with grey striations
  • Rocks descending into the Teme
  • Solid blocky type Raglan Mudstone
  • Thinly bedded Mudstone
  • View of the outcrop looking up river

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