Sands Top Quarry - North Newbald
raw data for "palaeokarst" features.
north face of qy distance along the line from east to westof features to nearest metre.
116.5 to 113.5 soulution hole.
107 m small W shaped feature - dark infill
98 m ? small feature
92m small W feature
82m ? small V
78-74m major hole - (pit dug on west side - 10 samples taken)
72.5m flat bottomed V
71m V
66.5 to 56.5 - major series of features - 66.5m 40 cm V, 65 m forked V 120cm, 63 m MT pipe 200cm, 59.5m V 190cm with layering above ( measured in detail and samples taken), 120cm mis-shapen V, 70cm V, 56.5m 160cm deep pipe - MT at base - higher fill included oolite pebbles.
55m V 110cm , bottom MT upper 40cm filled.
53-51.5m 3 major holes MT, 1 V 2 rounded, 90, 100, 120cm deep, walls very smooth.
46m double V 120cm deep MT
33.5 m ?W shaped feature
32m thin MT curved pipe 130cm deep
30 m broad U 60cm deep
28m double U 100cm & 70cm layering above
26.5 m MT pipe >2 m deep, ends in bedding plane.
25 ? U shape 90cm, followed by a V 60cm with 140cm MT V beside.
21.5m 120cm MT V? layering above
19m 150cm MT V
4.5 m small U 40cm under silts
- 9 m U shape under in situ silts.
on the Eastern Face - there is a V shaped feature 63cm deep and 50 cm wide at the top with dark brown infill which included a pebble; cut into 42cm rotted oolite, 40cm shattered layered oolite, 45cm oolite, dedding plane. (samples of the infill taken)