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Earth Science Conservation Review
| Gosheden - site of local interest | Londonderry |
| Site number: | 731 | ||
| Locality Type: | Inland exposure | Status: | local interest |
| Grid Reference: | C498102 Centroid | ||
| Google maps: | 54.93736,-7.223 | ||
| County: | Londonderry | Council area: | Derry City & Strabane District Council |
| Period: | Quaternary | ||
| Site Description | |
|---|---|
| Highlights: | |
The site consists of valley side terraces of channelised, trough and planar cross-bedded cobble gravels and pebbly sands. | |
| Description: | |
The site consists of valley side terraces of channelised, trough and planar cross-bedded cobble gravels and pebbly sands. Exposed individual beds in the upper terrace at [C498 102] are steeply dipping (at 25-30° to 040°N) up to 1.5m thick and consist of predominantly well-sorted cobble gravels of visibly alternating clast lithologies. | |
| Importance: | |
The site has some scientific importance as it demonstrates a valley-fill outwash that was deposited at a generally southwards retreating ice-front. | |
| Interpretation: | |
The site is interpreted as representing a valley-fill outwash deposited at a generally southwards retreating glacial ice-front. Terracing of the valley-fill resulted from post-depositional erosion. | |
| Notes: | |
See also ESCR Key Site 505 - Faughan and Dungiven Basins - Gosheden [Sand and Gravel Landscapes Block]. | |
| Keywords | |
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| Rocks: | Gravel, Sand |
| Geomorph: | outwash terrace |
| Paleoenv: | deglacial |
| Access | |
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| Approach: | This site is located approximately 500m west of the A6 Derry - Belfast road at Burntollet Bridge. |
| Uses | |
| Educ. Level: | The site is of educational value to researchers and students of glaciology. |
| Record type: | SLNCI Report | ||
| Entered by: | E M Porter | ||
| Last updated: | 09/10/03 | ||
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Gosheden - site of local interest, County Londonderry, site details. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/site.php?item=731. Accessed on 2026-11-06. |
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