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Llandrindod Wells, Builth inlier, Weekend Field Trip led by Dr Joe Botting & Dr lucy Wells
May 13, 2022 @ 8:00 am – May 15, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
WGCG residential field trip to Llandrindod Wells led by Joe and Lucy, who are are independent researchers working on ‘Burgess-Shale-type’ discoveries in Mid-Wales.
Programme:
Friday eve. Introductory talk on the ‘Builth Inlier’ – palaeontological and geological importance
Saturday a.m. Visit to the Radnorshire Museum (in Llandrindod Wells) to see their substantial displays (much from Joe and Lucy’s own collections)
Saturday p.m. Visit to the nearby Llanfawr Quarries – a Konservat-Lagerstatte with historically important igneous intrusions [which I have heard referred to as “bun-laccoliths”]
Sunday a.m. / Geological tour around Llandrindod Wells – mineral springs, Silurian sediments,
early p.m. erratics, Ordovician volcanics and general scenery
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