Many country parks and nature reserves managed by EHS host important earth science features.
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Scrabo Country Park [site 1117] [site 1200] |
Triassic sandstone with Tertiary igneous rocks in the quarry |
| Crawfordsburn Country Park | Ordovician rocks along the coast including pillow lavas |
| Roe Valley Country Park | Dalradian rocks along the River Roe Dalradian limestone in the quarry |
| Ballyquintin Point Nature | Late glacial raised beach deposits and modern shoreline processes |
| Banagher Glen Nature Reserve | Dalradian limestone in the quarry |
| Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve | Quarry section through Cretaceous chalk and Tertiary basalt |
| Binevenagh Nature Reserve | Landslips and Tertiary basalt |
| Boorin Nature Reserve | Glacial delta complex |
| Crossmurrin Nature Reserve | Limestone pavement |
| Giant's Causeway Nature Reserve | World famous basalt columns |
| Glenariff Waterfalls Forest Nature Reserve | Waterfall series over Tertiary basalt |
| Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest Nature Reserve | Small cave and rising. Carboniferous limestone |
| Kebble Nature Reserve | Sea stacks and cliffs in Tertiary basalt |
| Killard Nature Reserve | Glacial moraine |
| Magilligan Point Nature Reserve | Coastal processes and sand dunes |
| Marble Arch Nature Reserve | Gorge in Carboniferous limestone, cave series |
| Murlough Nature Reserve | Beach processes and sand dunes |
| Murrins Forest Nature Reserve | Glacial moraines |
| Portrush Nature Reserve | Historically important fossiliferous Jurassic rock |
| Slieveanorra Nature Reserve | Peat erosion features |
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