Trip to the Chevin at Otley, Yorkshire OUGS - October 2004

View from the top of the Chevin Looking towards Almscliff Crag
Eventually found our way to the Chevin - looking down over the Wharfe valley The Wharfe Valley fault runs across the field of view
A long way down to Otley below! Quarry on the Chevin
Large blocks of sandstones with sedimentary structures - millstone grit We walked past an abandoned quarry
Otley Chevin on the right of the picture Field of view approx 2 foot wide
David shows us how the beds lie across the valley Trace fossils - plant remains in the sandstone
Large scale sedimentary structures in sandstones Glaciers forced their way through here during the last Ice Age
More sedimentary structures! View through the Guiseley Gap
All lined up for the photograph! Cow and Calf Rocks at top centre of picture
Prehistoric standing stones - marking a boundary? Leaving Otley behind - these are the Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley - which is another page
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