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Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries

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Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km east of the village of Sherburn Hill and about 7 km east of the city of Durham.

The site is a working quarry in which is exposed a sequence of Lower Permian Yellow Sands overlying Marl Slate and Lower Magnesian Limestone. The exposures of Permian sands exhibit complex cross-bedding that is believed to represent ancient seif dune deposits.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries" (PDF). English Nature. 1991. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
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