Honeycombe Weathered Otter Sandstone
Honeycombe Weathered Otter Sandstone

Looking Westward along the Budleigh Salterton Pebble Bed towards Littleham Cove.
The pebble beds up to 30m (100ft) thick above the Aylesbeare Mudstone , formed when well rounded pebbles of Quartzite (a Hard Sandstone) were deposited by fast flowing rivers .
A fault here in the Pebble Bed with Honeycombe Weathered Otter Sandstone above the pebbles.
The bottom of the Otter Sandstone is marked by a distinctive Yellow Band.
The Sand has lost most of its colour by water leaching out the Iron .

Ref: 8275

Date: 29/09/2020

Location: SY 0623 8170

Honeycombe Weathered Otter Sandstone

Looking Westward along the Budleigh Salterton Pebble Bed towards Littleham Cove.
The pebble beds up to 30m (100ft) thick above the Aylesbeare Mudstone , formed when well rounded pebbles of Quartzite (a Hard Sandstone) were deposited by fast flowing rivers .
A fault here in the Pebble Bed with Honeycombe Weathered Otter Sandstone above the pebbles.
The bottom of the Otter Sandstone is marked by a distinctive Yellow Band.
The Sand has lost most of its colour by water leaching out the Iron .

Ref: 8275

Date: 29/09/2020

Location: SY 0623 8170