Aymestry Limestone
Blue-grey, hard, nodular argillaceous limestone. The presence of the strongly ribbed brachiopod Kirkidium knightii is diagnostic for this formation. Widely used in the Mortimer Forest, Woolhope Dome, Suckley Hills and Ledbury areas. The character of the formation, like most of the Silurian strata, can vary markedly between a massive limestone suitable for dimension stone to a rubbly siltstone used for rough walling.
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- Aymestry Limestone, Gatley Park Folly, Leinthall Earls
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- Aymestry Limestone with Kirkidium knightii, Gatley Park Folly, Leinthall Earls
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- Kirkium knightii in Richard Payne Knight’s Tomb, St Mary’s Church, Wormsley
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