Corallian Limestone
Corallian Group

Part of the Kirkham Bridge area is underlain by Corallian limestone.

Corallian Limestone is a coralliferous sedimentary rock, laid down in Jurassic times.

It is sited on Corallian limestone soil about 0.25 miles from the west bank of the River Stour.

The northeastern part is in the territory of the Corallian limestone block of the Iberg complex.

The name refers to their flat tabular shaped summits composed of hard Corallian limestone known locally as "nabs".

Buildings in Horspath reflect the underlying geology, with many older houses built from rubblestone of the distinctive local Corallian limestone.

The path then crosses the corallian limestone hills of Elsfield and Beckley to return to Shotover.

The hills are made up of rocks of middle and late Jurassic age with the hard Corallian Limestone forming the cap at the highest points.

The village is built on Corallian Limestone and there is major quarrying activity, extracting sands and gravels.

It formed the Corallian Limestone that is now beneath the Headington Quarry area of Oxford.

Furzy Cliff consists of Oxford Clay with a thin Corallian Limestone layer over this.

The village stands on the Corallian limestone beds on the northern slope of the Vale of White Horse.

The hill is a landmark on the ridge of Corallian limestone that is topped by Lower Greensand and Kimmeridge Clay.

It is currently the only major cave known in the North York Moors, and is formed within the Corallian limestone of the Upper Jurassic.

It is sited on a low Corallian limestone ridge beside the River Stour, one mile north of the market town Sturminster Newton.

At source the River Rye and its tributaries run over Corallian limestone which outcrops on the hills surrounding the Vale of Pickering.

It is sited on Corallian limestone soil, next to the stream of the Divelish which runs down from the high hill of Bulbarrow Hill.

At its source on the North York Moors the River Derwent and its tributaries run over Corallian limestone from the Jurassic geological period.

Marnhull is sited on a low ridge of Corallian limestone above the valley of the River Stour, which forms the northern and western boundaries of the parish.

A ridge of Corallian Limestone rises above the Vale of Avon and the Thames Valley in its Oxfordshire stretch.

It is sited on Corallian limestone soil at the southern edge of the Blackmore Vale, close to the northern scarp face of the Dorset Downs.

A broad band of Corallian Limestone and Sand crosses the central part - northeast to south-west - and this is bounded on each side by Oxford Clay.

The A420 then travels the corallian limestone ridge that forms the north-west boundary of the Vale of White Horse, passing Littleworth, Buckland and Longworth.

In England, Corallian Limestone is to be found in Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

These include sandstones, greensands, oolitic limestone of the Cotswold Hills, corallian limestone of the Vale of White Horse and the Isle of Portland.

The rocks consist of Kimmeridge Clay and the Corallian group from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) and have an interesting trace fossil assemblage.