Field Trip: Deer Leap and Ebbor Gorge , Wookey Hole area
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Entry Fee
Members: Free
Visitors: £3.00
Date and Time
10:30
Location
Deer Leap Car Park, Wells BA5 3AY
Field Trip Description
The first BGS field trip, held fifty years ago, was to Ebbor Gorge. Our return visit includes Deer Leap and Wookey Hole.
In order to comply with Covid restrictions this trip is limited to 30 participants outdoors. To register please email Bob Mustow at [email protected]. Joining instructions, risk assessment, field guide and meet up location will be given on Registration.
The morning (2 – 2.5 hours) will be spent in the Deer Leap area, near Ebbor Gorge. This area is on the southern limb of the North Hill pericline where a sequence from Lower into Upper Carboniferous (the only Coal Measures outcropping in the southern Mendips) is exposed. The Ebbor thrust (part of the Wells-Cheddar thrust belt), juxtaposing the youngest Carboniferous Limestone unit (Black Rock Lst) against the youngest - the Coal Measures will be crossed, and the only exposure of this thrust that has been recorded will be seen. Then picnic lunch stop at Deer Leap, which has great views south across the Levels.
The afternoon will involve a stop at Ebbor Gorge to view the remains of a coal shaft that was sunk into the Coal Measures back in 1871! Then the rest of the trip will be spent around the Wookey Hole area looking at tectonic (normal fault/shear zones, extensional veins), and karst features in the Carboniferous Limestone and Triassic rocks.
Meet at 10.00 a.m. in the car park at Deer Leap (ST 5190 4928; 51.24064 - 2.690464) – note this is a different car park from the one at the National Trust Ebbor Gorge. Bring a picnic lunch.
Important Notice: Bath Geological Society Insurance
Each person attending a field meeting does so on the understanding that he/she attends at his/her own risk. The Bath Geological Society has Public Liability Insurance Cover for field and indoor meetings, but Personal Accident Cover and Personal Liability Cover remain the responsibility and personal choice of the participant.
There may be an element of appropriate cover included in house insurance or in travel insurance: although Bath Geological Society activities are not particularly dangerous members are advised to check whether exclusions apply to activities in which they plan to participate in case they wish to arrange further cover. An annual travel insurance may be the best solution for any member who regularly attends field events: this again is a matter of choice.
Please note however that all members participating in overseas events will be required to have travel insurance for the duration of the event: this is so that participants are covered for Medical, Repatriation and Personal Liability expenses. The Personal Accident element remains the personal choice of the member and again members are advised to check exclusions so that they can make an informed decision about the cover they want.