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| A view towards Smallage Farm |
Following on from my exploration of Treeton Wood, during the COVID-19 Lockdown in April 2020, my investigation of the geology and geomorphology around Treeton continued with a walk along the escarpment of Treeton Rock from Hail Mary Hill to Smallage Farm.
Starting at Wood Lane, I carried on out of the village and up the hill to Treeton Grange and, taking the first marked path into Treeton Wood, quickly walked down to the stream where I gathered some more wild garlic before heading across the field to Hail Hill Mary Wood.
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| A view of the dip slope on the walk up Hail Mary Hill |
The main path makes its way around a steep sided angular spur of Treeton Rock that forms Hail Mary Hill, but I instead headed up a path that runs up alongside the ploughed field. From here, there are good views of the dip slope between Treeton Wood and Hail Hill Mary Wood.
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| A mining bee |
There is a known Mesolithic site at the summit of Hail Mary Hill, where flint and chert tools were fashioned but, on this occasion, I was more interested in the mining bees that were emerging from many holes in the path that runs across the clearance at the top of the woods here.
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| A view of the summit of Hail Mary Hill |
I don’t know much about stone age sites and, the next time I have a walk here, I would like to be accompanied by someone who knows the archaeology of the area well; however, I just stayed long enough to photograph the burned area of woodland on the edge of the escarpment of Treeton Rock.
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| A view towards Treeton Grange |
Continuing along the path that runs along the edge of the escarpment, I didn’t see any signs of hard rock exposures in the steeply falling ground to the west and, stopping only to photograph the landscape towards Treeton Grange and the bluebells, I carried on to Falconer Wood.
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| Bluebells |
For some distance, the path follows the edge of the wood - from which views down the dip slope towards Treeton Wood can be seen - and then rises noticeably, before cutting obliquely down the escarpment to join the main path through the woods.
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| An escarpment in Falconer Wood |
Passing an electricity pylon, which makes an easily distinguishable landmark for further investigation of the area on an Ordnance Survey map, I then walked through an area of recently disturbed ground before arriving at Smallage Lane.
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| An electricity pylon in Falconer Wood |
As a geologist, my walk had taught me a little more about ‘reading’ various maps map and the scarp and vale topography formed by the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation; however, the bedrock here is covered with a very thick blanket of soil that is largely formed by the falling of leaves over an extended period of time.
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| A map of the area around Hail Mary Hill Wood |
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