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Introduction to Hodgson How Quarry

Hodgson How Quarry Fossils and Fossil Collecting
Your Cumbria Geological Guide and Geology Info

At The fossils found at Hodgson How Quarry can be seen in the local 'Keswick Museum', some superb unusual species of Graptolites are rich in the beds at this disused quarry. This is one of the best Graptolite locations in the Lake District.


Hodgson How Quarry - Cumbria
Last updated: [10/07/04]  last visited 2004
Ordovician
Written by Alister and Alison Cruickshanks

(Hodgson How Quarry) - 2004

Location Information

The Skiddaw beds here are rich in graptolites, the museum of Keswich also has a number of specimens from this locality.

(Not Recommended)

This location is not recommended for families. the steep bedding plains that run at 60 degrees are too dangerous for children or families. Extreme care must be taken at all times.

Hodgson Quarry is easy to find and only a short walk away. It can be seen by the roadside of the old road near Keswick.

Quarry

This location is a disused quarry, there are some very good exposures which are kept nice and clean by the constant weathering of shale due to the 60 degree bedding.

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There are 'NO' restrictions to this location

Please follow our national fossil collecting code

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Similar Locations to Hodgson Quarry

If you are interested in collecting graptolites, why not try other locations in the Lake District such as 'Stockdale Beck', Coniston and 'Stockdale Quarry'. Or try the county of Shropshire, 'Vinnels', or the 'The Onny Trail

You could also try Abereiddy, Fishguard, Little Haven, Druidston Haven, Porthgain, in Wales, Betton Dingle, Hillend, Hodgson How, Hope, The Onny Trail, Vinnels, in Shropshire.

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

WARNING ! - The Strata here runs at 60 degrees or steeper in places. Please take extreme care when splitting shale from the cliff face, removing a lower layer will cause the entire upper sequence to slide down and collapse at incredible speed. This makes this quarry extremely dangerous.

Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)


Stone Tumblers are used for tumbling and polishing rough rock, stones and pebbles including those found on the beach and glass.

Whilst collecting fossils, on those days where you come back empty handed, you could collect rocks, stones and glass from the beach and tumble then at home.

These are all high quality machines to give a professional finish to your samples. The tumblers can be used with a variety of grits, most commonly Silicon Carbide Grit and Cerium Oxide. We have a wide range of rough rocks for sale too.

Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.


We have thousands of Test Sieves for Particle Analysis.

Endecotts Sieves: For accurate dependable results you can't buy a better test sieve than Endecotts. At every stage of manufacture each test sieve is individually inspected.

High Precision Tecan manufactures precision apertures as small as 3 microns for a wide array of applications such as filtering, sieving and nozzles. Its high-performance, ASTM/ISO compliant test sieves satisfy the most demanding fine particle grading requirements.

 



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