Earth Science Conservation Review
| Coalpit Bay - Lower Palaeozoic | Down |
| Site Type: | Coastal Section, Foreshore |
| Site Status: | ASSI |
| Council area: | North Down and Ards Borough Council |
| Grid Reference: | J594788 |
| Google maps: | 54.63262,-5.53146 |
| Rocks | |
|---|---|
| Rock Age: | Ordovician, Silurian (Caradoc, Ashgill, Llandovery) |
| Rock Type: | Turbidite, Greywacke, Shale, Bentonite |
| Interest | |
| Fossil Groups: | Graptolite |
Summary of site:
The Outer Ards coast is composed of Lower Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of deep marine facies, strongly folded, faulted and weakly metamorphosed. The area is part of the Scottish Southern Uplands / Irish Down - Longford Terrane, one of a series of terranes assembled through the closure of the Iapetus Ocean at the end ofthe Silurian period, 395 Million years ago (Ma). A terrane is a geological unit, discrete in terms of structure and age, and distinct from adjoining areas.
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2025. Coalpit Bay - Lower Palaeozoic, County Down, site summary. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/summary.php?item=1350. Accessed on 2025-11-07 |
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