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Stanage Edge from Stanage Plantation

13 Dec 2007 1 177
Stanage Edge, longest of the Eastern Edges, viewed from Stanage Plantation in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. Stanage Edge is comprised of Rivelin Grit (aka Chatsworth Grit), Namurian age, Upper Carboniferous. The coarse-grained gritstone was deposited in a series of delta distributary channels. The gritstone is normally strongly cross-bedded.