View across Rosedale, North York Moors On the way to Fryup Dale
Ironstone at the top of Rosedale was mined in the 1800's - Ravenscar Group on moor top Water run off channel on the top of the moors (more Rosedale Abbey bottom of page)
Near Egton Bridge Exposure of Cleveland Dyke
Rock exposure - including a section of - - the Cleveland Dyke
Gorge cut by Staithes Beck - post glacial Rocks seen from the steep road down into Staithes
Staithes - looking at the Staithes Sandstone/Cleveland Ironstone  These rocks are on the south side of the ravine
South side of Staithes harbour Cowbar Nab
Looking towards Penny Nab - Upper Lias shale, Middle Lias shale and ironstone Fantastic exposure of Middle Lias rocks - including four layers of ironstone
Pencil for scale - look at those trace fossils! Larvikite clasts in amongst the pebbles
2007 - some pictures of sedimentary structures in the Staithes Sandstone Formation at Staithes To east of the harbour
Bioturbation behind the pencil My walking stick for scale - is 1.2 metres long
Pencil for scale - is 6 inches/15 cms long We were curious about these holes in the rock!
Stones from the sides of Staithes Beck Port Mulgrave - view from top of cliffs
Hunting for fossils at low tide (Staithes - SXR260) Port Mulgrave - the ironstone was mined and shipped out in the 1800's - more pictures of Port Mulgrave
Runswick Bay Runswick Bay
Runswick Bay - looking towards Kettleness - deformed by the alum mining over the previous centuries (see also Sandsend) Boulder clay cliffs collapsing above the piles of stones protecting the bay from the sea
Trip to Rosedale Abbey, May 2004  
This is our eventual goal - top of that hill on the skyline! Clinometer for scale
Looking from Middle Lias at Rosedale Abbey to the Ravenscar Group (Middle Jurassic) sandstones at the top of the hill Amongst the rubble at the top - lumps of ironstone
The steep climb was worth it for the views Even the brick lining in the kiln roofs was still there
Ironstone kilns at Bank Top Another view of the kilns
I was delighted to find this exposure, hidden below the undergrowth Looking towards Rosedale (hidden below the trees)
Exposure of Whitby mudrock halfway down You can see the two valleys, one either side 
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, 2 January 2005 Looking NNE
Saltburn-by-the-Sea - this is Hunt Cliff - Redcar Mudstone at the bottom, then Staithes Sandstone and Cleveland Ironstone  Lower Lias - same strata as at Robin Hood's Bay - the old waste pipe has been laid on the line of bedding
Bivalves in mudstone Possibly a trace fossil of aegoceras?
Fossils in the Redcar Mudstone Another fossil - iron-stained nodules
Lower Lias beds Skelton Beck valley
View of Hunt Cliff, Bob for scale! (and behind me, out of view - the famous Saltburn Pier) In the valley - water welling up, staining the ground red

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