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# NYGP

North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://nygp.org.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [News from the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership](https://nygp.org.uk/news/news-from-the-north-yorkshire-geodiversity-partnership/) - Click here to download archived news from the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership.
- [2016-2020 Ingleborough ‘Stories in Stone Project’](https://nygp.org.uk/2016-2020-ingleborough-stories-in-stone-project/) - Between 2016 and 2020, the NYGP’s ‘Ingleborough rocks! Project’ formed part of the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘Stories in Stone Project’ developed by the Ingleborough Dales Landscape Partnership. As part of the ‘Ingleborough rocks! Project’, a geodiversity audit of the Ingleborough area was carried out, five leaflets were producing providing details of seven geological trails together
- [2018-19](https://nygp.org.uk/2018-19/) - Geodiversity audit of geological sites in the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- [October 2014](https://nygp.org.uk/october-2014/) - Launch, by the English Geodiversity Forum, of the English Geodiversity Charter.
- [Autumn 2014](https://nygp.org.uk/autumn-2014/) - NYGP prepares the background geological information for the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘Stories in Stone’ Ingleborough Dales Landscape Partnership Project. As part of the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘Stories in Stone’ Ingleborough Dales Landscape Partnership Project the NYGP submits a bid for the ‘Ingleborough rocks - Project!’.
- [Early 2014](https://nygp.org.uk/early-2014/) - NYCC funding available for the creation of a new NYGP website. NYGP prepares the background geological information for the Heritage Lottery Funded Upper Nidderdale Landscape Partnership Project. iPhone and Android apps produced for the Settle and Stainforth geological trails.
- [October 2013](https://nygp.org.uk/october-2013-2/) - The Ingleborough Dales Landscape Partnership ‘Stories in Stone Project Heritage Lottery Fund bid is successful with a grant of £2.1m which with match funding takes the full programme value for delivery to £2.65m.
- [October 2013](https://nygp.org.uk/october-2013/) - A further five Local Geological Sites approved – Old Ingleton Quarry, Carle Fell Quarry, Scar House Gill, Woodale and Scar House Reservoir.
- [Summer 2013](https://nygp.org.uk/summer-2013/) - Publication of the leaflet for landowners of Local Geological Sites.
- [May 2013](https://nygp.org.uk/may-2013/) - A further application is made by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust for a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to develop the ‘Stories in Stone Project’ centred on the Ribblesdale – Three Peaks Area.
- [April 2013](https://nygp.org.uk/april-2013/) - The first three Local Geological Sites approved – the Ingleton Group exposure at Horton Quarry, Threshfield Quarry and Kilnsey Crag.
- [Early 2013](https://nygp.org.uk/early-2013/) - Nidderdale AONB publishes the Greenhow Geology Trail leaflet.
- [Late 2012](https://nygp.org.uk/late-2012/) - A grant of £4,000, from NYCC, was made available to the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust and the NYGP to identify Local Geological Site landowners, prepare a leaflet for LGS landowners, and to produce a draft Vale of York/Your Dales Rocks Project LGAP.
- [Autumn 2012](https://nygp.org.uk/autumn-2012/) - The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust publish the Settle and Stainforth Geotrails leaflet.
- [March 2012](https://nygp.org.uk/march-2012/) - NYCC agree to fund the cost of the NYGP website, previously funded by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.
- [Early 2012](https://nygp.org.uk/early-2012/) - An unsuccessful application for a grant of £3.5 million was made, by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, to develop the ‘Stories in Stone Project’ centred on the Ribblesdale – Three Peaks Area.
- [Late 2011](https://nygp.org.uk/late-2011-2/) - The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust reported that the NYGP should remain as a partnership as at this stage the current scale of the partnership would not warrant the time and cost of the requirements of creating a new charitable trust.
- [Late 2011](https://nygp.org.uk/late-2011/) - The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, made an internal appointment of a Geo-Dales Project Officer, and obtained a further grant of £45,000 to implement the Geo-Dales Project centred on the Langcliffe/Victoria Cave, Upper Nidderdale and Greenhow areas.
- [Early 2011](https://nygp.org.uk/early-2011/) - The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust use a grant from the Yorkshire Dales LEADER Fund to assess the viability of the NYGP acquiring trust status, and to appoint a Geo-Dales Project Officer.
- [2010](https://nygp.org.uk/2010/) - The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust joined the Partnership.
- [Late 2009](https://nygp.org.uk/late-2009/) - Publication of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority funded ‘Rocking in the Dales’ leaflet.
- [October 2009](https://nygp.org.uk/october-2009/) - Grant obtained from Natural England to carry out surveys of eight candidate Local Geological Sites.
- [August 2009](https://nygp.org.uk/august-2009/) - Funding obtained from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to purchase another licence for digital map data from the British Geological Survey.
- [March 2008](https://nygp.org.uk/march-2008/) - Publication of the Your Dales Rocks Project Area Geodiversity Audit Report. Additional funding for the two ALSF projects was obtained from the British Geological Survey, North Yorkshire County Council, and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.
- [October 2007](https://nygp.org.uk/october-2007/) - A further successful ALSF bid enabled the Partnership to undertake a geodiversity audit of the Your Dales Rocks Project Area.
- [May 2007](https://nygp.org.uk/may-2007/) - Publication of the Local Geodiversity Action Plan for the Your Dales Rocks Project Area 2007-2012.
- [March 2006](https://nygp.org.uk/march-2006/) - Publication of information leaflet and Draft Local Geodiversity Action Plan for the Your Dales Rocks Project Area.
- [2006](https://nygp.org.uk/2006/) - The British Cave Research Association, and the University of Leeds joined the Partnership.
- [January 2006](https://nygp.org.uk/january-2006-2/) - Grant obtained from English Nature to purchase digital map data from the British Geological Survey.
- [January 2006](https://nygp.org.uk/january-2006/) - Grant obtained from English Nature to create the NYGP website.
- [October 2005](https://nygp.org.uk/october-2005/) - The NYGP was successful in obtaining an ALSF grant to produce a Draft Local Geodiversity Action Plan for the Your Dales Rocks Project Area, together with an information leaflet.
- [March 2005](https://nygp.org.uk/march-2005/) - The British Geological Survey, English Nature (Natural England), Hanson Aggregates, Harrogate Borough Council, Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, North Yorkshire County Council, Tarmac, and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority agreed to form the Steering Group of the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership.
- [Late 2004](https://nygp.org.uk/late-2004/) - Informal approaches were made to a variety of potential partners considered to have an interest in Earth science conservation in North Yorkshire.

## Pages

- [Home](https://nygp.org.uk/) - Throughout the country professional and amateur geologists have joined together to form geoconservation groups. The North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership is a RIGS (Regionally Important Geological Sites) group, affiliated to GeoConservationUK, the national Association of RIGS Groups. It is also the steering group for the North Yorkshire Local Geological Sites Panel, which assesses the suitability of
- [Geological Sites](https://nygp.org.uk/geological-sites/) - There are two types of designation applied to nature conservation sites, nationally important statutory sites i.e. protected by law, for example Sites of Special Scientific Interest, and non-statutory sites, those which are afforded a degree of protection within the local authority planning system. Geological Conservation Review (GCR) Sites Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) Limestone
- [Geohazards](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/geohazards/) - Although many benefits can be gained from the use of rocks, certain geological conditions can result in geohazards, the most spectacular being volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. The presence of igneous rocks in the area, provides evidence of past volcanic activity. Examples include the Devonian Bluecaster dolerite intrusion (37100 49680) in the Taythes Inlier of the
- [Local Geological Sites / Regionally Important Geological Sites](https://nygp.org.uk/geological-sites/local-geological-sites-regionally-important-geological-sites/) - Although the nationally most important geological sites have been designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) there are many other sites, which are important and deserve some degree of protection and/or conservation. In most parts of the country local groups of professional and amateur geologists, together with other conservation groups such as the Wildlife
- [Permian - Tropical Seas and Deserts](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/vale-of-york/permian-tropical-seas-and-deserts/) - The cream to buff coloured limestones known as the Magnesian Limestone (Zechstein Group) were deposited, unconformably, on the older Millstone Grit Group. The limestones form a low west-facing ridge running through the central part of the area from the Selby area, northwards to Ripon and Scotch Corner. The Magnesian Limestone was deposited in a relatively
- [Apps and Downloads](https://nygp.org.uk/further-information/apps-and-downloads/) - British Geological Survey iGeology, for iPhone/iPad, Android and Kindle Fire, gives you an interactive geological map of the UK. iGeology 3D, for Android, ‘paints’ a geological map on the ground around you. It can be used alone or as a companion product to iGeology. mySoil, for iPhone/iPad and Android devices, gives you an interactive map of
- [Quaternary - Landslides, Waterfalls and Gorges](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/quaternary-landslides-waterfalls-and-gorges/) - Following the melting of the ice the newly exposed valley sides were often too steep and unstable resulting in large landslides (15). Photo: Thrope Edge Landslide – Thrope Edge Landslide, Nidderdale, caused by movement of the Nidderdale Shales beneath Red Scar Grit. Where less resistant rocks, such as shale, underlie more resistant limestones and sandstones,
- [Carboniferous - Tropical Swamps and Deltas](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/vale-of-york/carboniferous-tropical-swamps-and-deltas/) - The oldest rocks in the area are found in the core of the Harrogate anticline (Craven Group) and in the north-west. By 330 million years ago mud and sand, from huge river deltas, was periodically being washed into a tropical sea. Over millions of years changes in sea level produced repeated cycles (cyclothems) of alternating
- [Quaternary - Caves and Limestone Pavements](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/quaternary-caves-and-limestone-pavements/) - Karst landforms are those produced by the weathering and erosion (denudation) of limestone. Glaciokarst was formed by ice eroding the overlying soil and weathered rock to expose the limestone below, allowing it to be chemically weathered by slightly acidic rain and soil water. Limestone pavement has been produced where weathering has been concentrated along the
- [Quaternary - Buried in Ice](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/quaternary-buried-in-ice/) - Taking a giant leap forward in time, to between 478,000 and 423,000 years ago (the Anglian glacial period), the whole area was buried in ice. Massive erosion, caused by the movement and melting of the ice, shaped much of the landscape; this sculpting continued during another, more recent (the Devensian), ice age (30,000 to 10,000
- [Carboniferous - Tropical Swamps and Deltas](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/carboniferous-tropical-swamps-and-deltas/) - The tropical paradise did not last. By 330 million years ago mud and sand was periodically being washed into the tropical sea from huge river deltas. Over millions of years changes in sea level produced repeated cycles (cyclothems) of alternating beds of limestones, mudstones, sandstones and coals (9). Called the Yoredale cycle (Yoredale Group) by
- [Carboniferous - Tropical Seas](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/carboniferous-tropical-seas/) - During the Carboniferous, a series of geological blocks and basins developed in northern England, and the project area was located at the southern edge of the Askrigg Block and the northern edge of the Craven Basin, the dividing line being the Craven Fault System. A Transition Zone has been identified between the North Craven and
- [Permian - Tropical Seas and Deserts](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/permian-tropical-seas-and-deserts/) - Most of the younger rocks have been eroded away, taking with them clues to the events that formed them - most of 300 million years of rock history is now missing (12) but isolated exposures of Permian rocks outcrop in the far west (where a small outcrop of Permo-Triassic desert sandstones (Appleby Group) occurs south-west
- [Devonian - Tropical Desert](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/devonian-tropical-desert/) - The end of the Silurian saw a dramatic change in the local environment. The sea shallowed, and during a major mountain building interval (the Caledonian), the rocks were uplifted, folded (3), intruded by the Wensleydale Granite (4), and, eroded under tropical desert conditions. By the end of the Devonian, weathering and erosion had
- [NYGP Outline](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/nygp-outline/) - The landscape of the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership Area (NYGP) has a unique character. Much of it results directly from the rocks, the effects of the ice ages and the way people have influenced the land since the ice melted. Millions of years of Earth history have culminated with the landscape we know today. The
- [Precambrian to Silurian - Ancient Roots](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/precambrian-to-silurian-ancient-roots/) - Precambrian, Ordovician and Silurian Periods (over 545 to 417 million years ago) – Ancient Roots Over 500 million years old, the ancient roots of the Dales, the greywacke sandstones and slates of the Precambrian Ingleton Group, are seen in the quarries and waterfalls of the Rivers Twiss and Doe in Chapel le Dale, upstream from
- [Geodiversity](https://nygp.org.uk/geodiversity/) - Geodiversity is a term used to describe the variety of rocks, fossils, minerals, natural processes, landforms and soils that underlie and determine the natural character of our landscape and environment. Geodiversity underpins biodiversity, and through the use of rocks for building, and as industrial raw materials has directly influenced our culture and economy. The English
- [Geological Regions](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/geological-regions/) - Key fault systems such as the Dent, Craven and Stockdale separate the Project Area into major geological regions, blocks and basins, which over time have influenced the nature of the deposits. The Askrigg Block and Craven and Stainmore Basins are the most significant and the key deposits associated with them are illustrated on the cross-section.
- [Geotrails](https://nygp.org.uk/further-information/geotrails/) - Leaflets GeoLancashire Long Preston Trail Download Harrogate Borough Council Geology of Quarry Moor Download National Trust Brimham Rocks, an explorer’s guide Natural England Ingleborough Ridge Route (Ingleborough National Nature Reserve) Limestone Walk (Ingleborough National Nature Reserve) Ribblehead Quarry Walk (Ingleborough National Nature Reserve) Sulber Nick Walk (Ingleborough National Nature Reserve) Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural
- [News](https://nygp.org.uk/news/) - Latest news from the British Geological Survey Building Europe’s geological futureBGS scientists are contributing to a continent-wide initiative that is strengthening collaboration across borders to tackle shared subsurface challenges and unlock new opportunities. The post Building Europe’s geological future appeared first on British Geological Survey.Delving deep into mountains for future water securityA BGS-led project is
- [North Yorkshire County Landscape Character Types](https://nygp.org.uk/landscape/north-yorkshire-county-landscape-character-types/) - The landscape assessment undertaken by North Yorkshire County Council has produced a more detailed analysis of the various landscape units. At a larger scale Primary Landscape Units have been identified including, for example, Gritstone and Limestone Landscapes, which are then sub-divided into Landscape Character Types e.g. Gritstone Valley, and Gritstone High Plateau. Details of the
- [Limestone Pavement Orders](https://nygp.org.uk/geological-sites/limestone-pavement-orders/) - Limestone pavement is a unique and very vulnerable habitat. In the Your Dales Rocks Project Area, it covers 1052 hectares representing, approximately, 40 per cent of the total British area of 2500 hectares. As well as the protection afforded by SSSI designation, areas of limestone pavement can, under section 34 of the Wildlife and Countryside
- [LGAPs](https://nygp.org.uk/lgaps/) - Following the success of Local Biodiversity Action Plans, Natural England has encouraged geoconservation groups to produce Local Geodiversity Action Plans (LGAPs). Local Geodiversity Action Plans set out actions to conserve and enhance the geodiversity of a particular area. In general they aim to: identify, conserve and enhance the best sites that represent the geological history
- [Aggregate Quarries - Crushed Rock](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/quarries/aggregate-quarries-crushed-rock/) - Aggregates from crushed rock and sand and gravel are an essential resource for the construction industry. Throughout most of the twentieth century and at the start of the twenty-first century extraction rates rose to meet the demand for building and civil engineering construction materials but more recent economic conditions have seen a temporary reduction in
- [Reservoir Dams](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/quarries/reservoir-dams/) - The south-eastern section of the Your Dales Rocks Project Area, dominated by the various strata of the Millstone Grit Group, is a major supplier of water to Bradford and other areas of West Yorkshire. Angram, Scar House and Gouthwaite Reservoirs are located in Nidderdale together with Thruscross, Fewston and Lindley Wood in the Washburn valley,
- [Earth Science Conservation Classification](https://nygp.org.uk/geological-sites/earth-science-conservation-classification/) - As a method of classifying designated geological sites, and for conservation purposes Natural England, and the other UK statutory conservation agencies use the recently modified Earth Science Conservation Classification (ESCC) (English Nature 2006): i) Exposure or extensive (E) sites are defined wherever geological features are relatively extensive beneath the surface: Types of Exposure or Extensive
- [Sites of Special Scientific Interest](https://nygp.org.uk/geological-sites/sites-of-special-scientific-interest/) - Apart from limestone pavements, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are the only geological sites protected by law (statutory sites). The term applies to areas of land that have been notified under the provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as being of ‘special interest by reason of any of its flora, fauna, geological
- [Geological Conservation Review Sites](https://nygp.org.uk/geological-sites/geological-conservation-review-sites/) - There are two types of designation applied to nature conservation sites, nationally important statutory sites i.e. protected by law, for example Sites of Special Scientific Interest, and non-statutory sites, those which are afforded a degree of protection within the local authority planning system. Geological Conservation Review (GCR) Sites Throughout the UK, since 1977, over 3000
- [Quaternary - Buried in Ice](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/vale-of-york/quaternary-buried-in-ice/) - Taking a giant leap forward in time, to between 478,000 and 423,000 years ago (the Anglian glacial period), the whole area was buried in ice. Massive erosion, caused by the movement and melting of the ice, shaped much of the landscape; this sculpting continued during another, more recent (the Devensian), ice age (30,000 to 10,000
- [National Character Areas](https://nygp.org.uk/landscape/national-character-areas/) - In the 1990’s English Nature (now Natural England) adopted a ‘Natural Areas’ approach to nature conservation, and in 1996 an English Nature report (1) assessed the geological importance of each of the Natural Areas. Using a range of criteria, including the number of geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), in the area, the geological
- [Jurassic - Temperate Land and Sea](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/vale-of-york/jurassic-temperate-land-and-sea/) - Rocks of Jurassic age outcrop over the eastern section of the Vale of York and include the Howardian Hills and North Yorkshire Moors. The end of the Triassic and beginning of the Jurassic is marked by the establishment of a shallow sea. In this sea, the shales, clays, thin limestones and sandstones of the Lias
- [Dry-Stone Walls and Field Barns](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/quarries/dry-stone-walls-and-field-barns/) - Field barns and dry-stone walls are intrinsic features of the typical ‘Dales’ landscape, and over 8600 kilometres of dry-stone wall, the largest man made feature, have been recorded in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, together with over 6000 stone field barns (1044 in Swaledale). Parts of Swaledale, Arkengathdale and Littondale have been designated as Barns
- [Building Stones](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/quarries/building-stones/) - For major structures such as churches, castles, bridges and abbeys, the building stones of the area first became important in the medieval period. These buildings also required large quantities of lime mortar. Most lower status buildings were probably of wood. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the political upheavals of the sixteenth century a
- [Coal Mines](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/mines/coal-mines/) - Throughout the Dales there are numerous small coal mines, mainly worked from shallow shafts or levels, wherever the thin coal seams of the Yoredale Group e.g the Tan Hill Coal, and Millstone Grit Group e.g the Woogill Coal outcrop. The importance of coal shows in the place name Colsterdale in the north of the Project
- [Lead, Zinc and Copper](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/mines/lead-zinc-and-copper/) - Almost the whole of the southern section (Stainmore to Craven) of the Northern Pennine Orefield is within the Your Dales Rocks Project Area. Over 50 minerals occur within the area of which galena (lead), and smithsonite (zinc) were the principal economic minerals. Baryte and fluorite, which were initially thought of as uneconomic or gangue minerals
- [Cave Deposits](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/cave-deposits/) - The caves of the Yorkshire Dales provide deeply stratified and relatively undisturbed sedimentary sequences and exceptional conditions for the survival of both archaeological and palaeoenvironmental material such as animal bone. The post-glacial landscape was first visited by hunter-gatherers, probably on a seasonal basis, and the caves and rock shelters would have provided a ready made
- [Privacy Policy](https://nygp.org.uk/privacy-policy/) - This privacy policy sets out how The Fuse uses and protects any information that you give The Fuse when you use this website. The Fuse is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can
- [Sitemap](https://nygp.org.uk/sitemap/) - Home Geodiversity Contact Us Member’s Login LGAPs News News from the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership Geology NYGP Outline Timeline Yorkshire Dales Geological Regions Precambrian to Silurian – Ancient Roots Devonian – Tropical Desert Carboniferous – Tropical Seas Carboniferous – Tropical Swamps and Deltas Permian – Tropical Seas and Deserts Quaternary – Buried in Ice Quaternary
- [Links](https://nygp.org.uk/links/) - Partners British Cave Research Association: www.bcra.org.uk British Geological Survey: www.bgs.ac.uk Hanson-Heidelberg: www.heidelbergcement.com Harrogate Borough Council: www.harrogate.gov.uk Lafarge-Tarmac: www.lafargetarmac.com Natural England: www.naturalengland.org.uk Nidderdale AONB: www.nidderdaleaonb.org.uk North Yorkshire County Council: www.northyorks.gov.uk Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust: www.ydmt.org Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority: www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Conservation/Environment/Geology Council of Northern Caving Clubswww.cncc.org.uk Craven and Pendle Geological Society: www.cpgs.org.uk Cumberland Geological Society:
- [Publications](https://nygp.org.uk/further-information/publications/) - Earth Heritage Earth Heritage is produced twice yearly by Natural England, Scottish Natural Heritage, Natural Resources Wales and the Geologists’ Association to stimulate interest in geodiversity and a broad range of geological and landscape conservation issues within the UK and further afield. It is free to download in pdf format and should interest geological conservation
- [Museums](https://nygp.org.uk/further-information/museums/) - Within the Partnership Area there are several museums, most of which hold only small collections of local rocks, fossils, and minerals. The majority of their collections and displays are linked to the historic lead mining industry, and in the case of the Nidderdale Museum, local reservoirs and quarries. Click download for details of local museums Download
- [Maps and Memoirs](https://nygp.org.uk/further-information/maps-and-memoirs/) - Click here for details of British Geological Survey maps and memoirs covering the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership area. Further information is available at http://www.bgs.ac.uk/
- [Other Industrial Uses](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/quarries/other-industrial-uses/) - In addition to its use as a building stone or aggregate, stone was also quarried for a variety of other industrial uses. Hope Quarry at Dacre, in Nidderdale produced grindstones, Middle Tongue Quarry, Bewerley produced pulping stones (exported to Norway and Sweden for use in paper making), Millstones Quarry, Summerbridge produced millstones, and Spring Wood
- [Aggregate Quarries - Sand and Gravel](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/quarries/aggregate-quarries-sand-and-gravel/) - No commercial sand and gravel is obtained from the Your Dales Rocks Project Area, as the extensive superficial deposits in the Vale of York provide North Yorkshire’s main source of sand and gravel. The production of sand and gravel has decreased from 2.8 million tonnes in 2004 to 1.7 million tonnes in 2011 with production
- [Lime](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/quarries/lime/) - Limestone was first burnt to make lime in the Roman period. From the late medieval period limestone was widely used to produce lime mortar, limewash, and agricultural lime. More than 1500 lime kiln sites are now known in the Your Dales Rocks Project Area, the majority of these being small free standing field kilns. During
- [Quarries](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/quarries/) - Over the centuries quarrying has helped our understanding of geology by exposing buried formations, and through research. Active and disused quarries play a significant role in the geodiversity of the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership Area providing some of the most important, and several unique, sites at which rare rock units and features may be seen.
- [Rocks for Us](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/) - Based on archaeological evidence from cave deposits, our use of rocks can, in the Yorkshire Dales, be traced back 12,000 years. In the more recent past, some parts of the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership Area were quite industrial with quarries for building and roofing stone, lime kilns and lead and coal mines. Their remains are
- [Landscape](https://nygp.org.uk/landscape/) - The present day landscapes of the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership area are a product of the physical and human influences that have shaped their basic structure and appearance. In particular, the underlying geology and the processes of erosion and deposition by ice and water have had a profound effect, influencing not only landform, soils and
- [Triassic - Tropical Desert](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/vale-of-york/triassic-tropical-desert/) - The Triassic is represented by the red mudstones and sandstones of the Sherwood Sandstone Group that underlie much of the lower lying Vale of York and the valley of the River Swale. However, throughout much of the area they are covered by glacial and post glacial deposits. The Triassic rocks of Britain were deposited under
- [Timeline](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/timeline/) - North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership Area Timeline PERIOD LATITUDE AGEmy GEOLOGICAL SETTING FEATURE EXAMPLE QUATERNARY 54 N 0.012 RECENT(TEMPERATE) Gorge R. Wharfe (Strid) Waterfall R. Ure (Aysgarth) River terrace R. Wharfe Landslide Kirkby Fell Cave Stump Cross Cave Limestone pavements Ingleborough Malham Cove 1.8 ICE AGES(ARCTIC) Glacial deposition Ribblehead drumlins Norber erratics Glacial erosion Kilnsey Crag
- [The Iron Industry](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/mines/the-iron-industry/) - The iron industry in the area is well documented in the medieval period, especially in Nidderdale Chase and Barden Chase, but has left few obvious field remains, the most lasting effect perhaps being a decrease in the woodland cover as early iron smelting required vast quantities of wood, mainly in the form of charcoal. Further
- [Mines](https://nygp.org.uk/rocks-for-us/mines/)
- [Contact Us](https://nygp.org.uk/geodiversity/contact-us/) - If you are interested in the geology of North Yorkshire and require more information, or would like to help with the work of the North Yorkshire Geodiversity Partnership, then please contact us at: geodiversity@nygp.org.uk Geodiversity Volunteer c/o Countryside Volunteer’s Co-Ordinator County Hall Northallerton North Yorkshire DL7 8AD
- [Geological Societies](https://nygp.org.uk/further-information/geological-societies/) - The Yorkshire Geological Society is the major society producing academic papers covering the geology of the Partnership Area. Other local societies include the Craven and Pendle Geological Society, the Leeds Geological Association, Cumberland Geological Society, Westmorland Geological Society, and the Open University Geological Society (Yorkshire).
- [Further Information](https://nygp.org.uk/further-information/)
- [Vale of York](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/vale-of-york/)
- [Yorkshire Dales](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/yorkshire-dales/)
- [Geology](https://nygp.org.uk/geology/)
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