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18th December 2025

Exploring Lakeland Rocks and Landscapes

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This book is an attempt to answer the questions of those who want to know more about the formation of the fantastic rocks and landscapes of Cumbria. An introductory chapter sets the scene and the 17 excursions are aimed at everyone. They are written with a minimum of technical language and very from easy low-level half-day excursions to more demanding full day trips in mountainous country. They are profusely illustrated with maps and photos.

Authored by local enthusiasts and who are members or closely associated with the Cumberland Geological Society.

18th December 2025

The Rock Men – Pioneers of Lakeland Geology

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Edited by Alan Smith and published by the Cumberland Geological Society, this book seeks to explore the people behind what we know of Lakeland Geology. From Jonathan Otley and Adam Sedgwick to the later academics and pysiographers who clarified the work of the earlier ‘fathers’ of geology.

18th November 202518th November 2025

Proceedings 2008-09 Part 4

These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within the Proceedings are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the website or its affiliates. Localities visited may no longer be accessible. Rules regarding collection of fossil and mineral samples mentioned in the publication may have changed.

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EDITORIAL	354
Records of the use of Egglestone marble in Cumbria	355
The many uses of Shap Granite	365
The Seathwaite Graphite Mine	371
Dr Richard Peter Kelvin Clark (1927-2009) An Appreciation	381
The Raasay iron mines	389
The society trip to Raasay	395
Excursion Reports 2008	401
Excursion Reports 2009	409
Obituary Notice	423
Lecture Meetings	425
Annual General Meetings	428
Annual Dinners	429
List of Society Officers and Council	430

18th November 202518th November 2025

Proceedings 2004-06 Part 2

These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within the Proceedings are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the website or its affiliates. Localities visited may no longer be accessible. Rules regarding collection of fossil and mineral samples mentioned in the publication may have changed.

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EDITOR’S NOTES	145
ORIGINAL ARTICLES	146
Multum ex parvo: graptolites from Threlkeld Quarry and their implications, DrA. W. A. Rushton	146
The fossils collected during John Bolton’s marathon search at Rosside, Dr A. W. A. Rushton and Dr P. Shepherd.	154
On identifying frontal positions of Lake District valley glaciers, Dr R. P. K. Clark	162
FIELDWORK REPORTS	177
The Geology of the Northern Marginal Zone complex on the isle of Rum, 177 Scotland, Edward Loffill	177
Late Devensian outwash environments in the Tyne Valley: Preliminary investigations., Lynda Yorke	179
Biological responses and environmental change across the Carboniferous boundary, Rejmyrefjellet, Templefjorden, Svarlbard, Tom Chailands.	184
EXCURSION REPORTS 2004	190
Chalk Beck Quarries, East Curthwaite, David Powell	190
Sale Fell: minette intrusion and Skiddaw Group, David Livesey	192
The Coal Measures south of Whitehaven Harbour, David Kelly and John Brown	193
The submerged forest on Allonby beach, Fred Lawton	194
The Namurian rocks and mineralisation around Alston, Dr Charlotte Vye and Dr Stu Clarke	195
Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Penny Webb	199
The Borrowdale Volcanics of upper Wasdale and lllgill Head, Dr Alan Smith	207
The Howk, Caldbeck, Anne Freeland and Susan Beale	211
EXCURSIONS REPORTS 2005	212
The Borrowdale Volcanic Group at Water Crag, Wastwater, David Kelly	212
Fossil hunt at White Horse, Broad End, Skiddaw Massif, Dr Alan Smith	213
North Pennine Carboniferous at Hallbankgate and the Great Whin Sill quarry at Midgeholme, Judy Suddaby	229
Skiddaw Group geology, Dr Adrian Rushton	230
Raise Beck, Dunmail Raise, Dr Richard Johnson	231
Geology of the Kirkbeck Valley, Mervyn Dodd and Michael Forsdyke	233
Mineralisation in the Caldbeck Fells, Brian Young	236
Geology of the northern part of High Rigg, Dr Alan Smith	237
Other excursion held in 2005	238
LECTURE REPORTS 2004 – 2005	239
Remote sensing and fieldwork on active volcanoes, Professor Harry Pinkerton	239
The Burgess Shale fauna: new light on theories of evolution, Professor Simon Conway Morris	241
Other lectures held in 2004 – 2005	242

18th November 202518th November 2025

Proceedings 2002-03 Part 1

These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within the Proceedings are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the website or its affiliates. Localities visited may no longer be accessible. Rules regarding collection of fossil and mineral samples mentioned in the publication may have changed.

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EDITOR’S NOTES	5
ORIGINAL ARTICLES	6
A message from the Labyrinth, Trinity Gardens, Whitehaven, Dr E. Robinson	6
Rock slope failure in the Lake District: a preliminary report of ongoing research, Dr P. Wilson, Dr R. P. K. Clark and Dr R. A. Smith	13
How old is the Lake District landscape? Dr R. P. K. Clark	37
The distinctiveness of the southern Lake District landscape, Dr R. P. K. Clark	46
EXCURSION REPORTS 2002	58
Geology of the area around Nethertown, David Kelly	58
Geology of Dodd Wood, Dr Alan Smith	59
Silurian and Carboniferous rocks of the Langholm area, Iver Gray	62
The geology of Bowness Point, Mervyn Dodd	64
The Quaternary deposits of the Furness Peninsula, Derek Leviston	66
Silurian rocks south of Torver, David Kell	70
Rocks and scenery of the Nannycatch Gorge, David Livesey	71
Other excursion held in 2002	72
EXCURSIONS REPORTS 2003	73
The lower Borrowdale Volcanic Group succession on Falcon Crag and Brown Knotts, Dr Alan Smith	73
Mousegill Quarry near Wilton, Egremont, Mervyn Dodd	78
Permian brockrams and sandstones in the Eden valley, Dr Gordon Taylor	82
Upper Wasdale, David Livesey	83
List of other excursions held in 2003	84
LECTURE REPORTS 2002 – 2003	85
History of women in geology, Dr Cynthia Burek	85
Cyprus: life at the edge, Dr Trevor Morse	86
Life: an unauthorised biography, Prof Richard Fortey	89
A geologist in the Canadian Rockies, Derek Leviston	91
Volcanoes in the landscape, Dr Alan Smith	101
The Coniston copper mines, Nigel Courtman	103
James Hutton: founder of modern geology, Norman Butcher	105
LECTURE REPORTS 2003 – 2004	107
Hydrocarbon recovery, Dr Jim Riding	107
Early mining in the Lake District, David Bridge	109
The Iceland Excursion, Nigel Courtman	111
The geology of the Canary Islands, Dr Alan Smith	113
West Cumbrian vernacular architecture, David Grech	115
Skiddaw Slates – fossils, facts and fallacies, Dr Adrian Rushton	116
Other lecture held in 2003 – 2004	120
REVIEWS	121
NOTE ON THE NETHERTOWN SEA DEFENCES	128
OBITUARY NOTICES	130
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS	131
ANNUAL DINNERS	132
THE SOCIETY SMALL AWARDS FOR STUDENTS	133
LIST OF SOCIETY OFFICERS AND COUNCIL – 2003 and 2004	134

18th November 202518th November 2025

Proceedings 2000-01 Part 4

These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within the Proceedings are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the website or its affiliates. Localities visited may no longer be accessible. Rules regarding collection of fossil and mineral samples mentioned in the publication may have changed.

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EDITOR’S NOTES	484
A thermal contraction crack in bedrock at Braithwaite, Cumbria D. K. Farrow, M. G. Burnley, S. P. Oxford and A. Palmer	485
Garrigill: evidence of global warming, ancient and modern, Dr B. Webb	497
Building and decorative stones in Whitehaven, M. Fox	505
The building stones of Penrith and district, E. Skipsey	511
The Bowder Stone, Grange-in-Borrowdale, Cumbria, Dr R. A. Smith	525
On the genesis of shear-zone-hosted gold mineralisation in south Eastern Desert, Egypt, Dr W. E. G. Taylor & Dr Y. A. El Kazzaz	540
The Solway region in the late Pleistocene, Dr R. P. K. Clark	553
EXCURSION REPORTS	587
Borrowdale Volcanic Group rocks in Cat Gill in the footsteps of James Clifton Ward, Dr R. A. Smith	587
The Furness of John Bolton: Lindal, Plumpton, Gleaston and Stank, D. A. Kelly	588
Thomas Hay: Glenridding, Dr R. P. K. Clark and Dr R. A. Smith	591
Watch Hill and Elva Plain through the eyes of Tom Eastwood, D. Dickins	593
In Charles Edmonds’ Day: Longlands and Clints, M. B. Dodd	596
The Carboniferous limestones of Yewbarrow and Beck Head, Dr I. Burgess	598
List of other excursions held in 2000	602
EXCURSIONS 2001	603
LECTURE REPORTS 2000 – 2001	604
Eruptions on the volcanic island of Montserrat: monitoring and understanding an explosive volcano, Dr S. Loughlin	604
A tale of two volcanoes: Mount St Helens and Kilauae, Dr R. A. Smith	606
Limestone pavements in Cumbria – their origin and conservation , S. Webb	608
Other lectures	610
LECTURE REPORTS 2001 – 2002	611
Dry stone walls, Dr E. Robinson	611
Volcanic eruptions under Iceland’s glaciers, H. Tuffen	612
Rivers, landforms and man – a system in equilibrium?, Dr S. Bradley	614
Mam Tor, C. Arkwright	616
The ice age in Lakeland, Dr R. A. Smith	620
A geologist in the Andes of Ecuador, Dr R. Hughes	622
Annual General Meetings	624
Annual Dinners	625
The Society Small Awards for Students	626
Obituaries	627

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Exploring Lakeland Rocks and Landscapes

The Rock Men – Pioneers of Lakeland Geology

Proceedings 2008-09 Part 4

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Proceedings 2004-06 Part 2

Contents

Proceedings 2002-03 Part 1

Contents

Proceedings 2000-01 Part 4

Contents