Shattering Discoveries at Mancetter's Purley Quarry
Lying at the northern end of the "Nuneaton Ridge", faults and sills can be found in the hard Cambrian rock faces of this quarry. |
Ice Age Warwickshire Geology
The base of the Baginton Sand and Gravel has yielded bones, teeth and tusks of an extinct straight-tusked elephant. |
The Ice Age Revealed
Roughly half a million years ago southern and eastern Warwickshire was
occupied by a broad river valley. The river, known as the Bytham, was large and powerful |
Revealing Warwickshires Ice Age Past
At Bubbenhall quarrying has revealed important geological and archaeological
finds. These provide evidence for major climate changes and human habitation during Warwickshire’s
Ice Age. |
Warwickshire: Home of the Hunters
Stone hand axes made by Heidelberg Man
have been found in local quarries. Heidelberg Man was extremely strong. He ate hippopotamus and
rhinoceros. |