1. Lathkill Dale Fieldtrip
Geology Presentation – 23.11.10

2. Group and Roles
•Cheryl Bennett – Note Taker
and Fossil researcher.
•Deb Royle – Photographer,
Presenter and Rock researcher.
•Michelle Townsend -
Photographer and History
writer.
•Katy Dixon – Note Taker and
PowerPoint designer.
•Kelly Marie Farnsworth –
Photographer and Summary
writer.

3. Introduction
Location
• Lies 5km South of Bakewell.
• Part of the Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve.
History
• Traced back to early Carboniferous period.
• Approximately 340 million years ago.
Landscape
• At first would have been underwater with only peaks visible.
• Changed again during Pleistocene period (2 million years ago)

4. Past and Present
19??
2010

5. Lathkill Dale Map

6. Entrance
•Limestone bridge over
river.
•Fossils have been
revealed due to the wear
of visitors shoes on the
stone.
•Area was once a
limestone mill featuring
a large water wheel.

7. Site One
 Limestone rock on
side of path.
 Visible bedding
planes dipping to
the north.
 Saturated with
water allowing
plans and fauna to
grow.

8. Site Two
 Mining hole – would have
been mined for iron and
lead.
 Mining in Lathkill Dale
has taken place since the
bronze age.
 The Hole would have been
a way of draining the mine
for ore. This method was
called sough.

9. Site Three
•Building is limestone as
are the pilers used to
carry water over the
valley to power the water
wheel.
•Legal obligation to
protect the area.
•A popular potholing
site.

10. Site Four
 Jacobs Ladder fossil area
included; Giganta
Productus, Brachiopods
and sea lilies.
 Storm activity lead
brachiopods to stack up
together.
 Limestone was quarried
by hammering in large
pins, so as to split
evenly.
• Picture of Brachiopods to
be inserted.
• Picture of limestone pin
holes to be inserted.

11. Site Four
Continued
 Picture of sea lilies to be
inserted.
•Sea lilies had a stalk
and tentacles, when
these died they lay on
the sea bed and were
imprinted into the
fossils we see today.
• Sea lilies picture to
be inserted here.

12. Conclusion
Geology
Geomorphology
Impacts of
Tourism
Industrial
Archaeology
Biogeography

13. Thanks for
watching!