| Site Type: | Coastal Section, Foreshore | | Site Status: | ASSI | | Council area: | Ards & North Down Borough Council | | Grid Reference: | J594788 | | Bing maps: | 54.63262,-5.53146 | | Google maps: | 54.63262,-5.53146 | | Rocks |
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| Rock Age: | Ordovician, Silurian (Caradoc, Ashgill, Llandovery) | | Rock Type: | Turbidite, Greywacke, Shale, Bentonite | | Interest |
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| Fossil Groups: | Graptolite |
| Summary of site: |
| The Outer Ards coast is composed of Lower Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of deep marine facies, strongly folded, faulted and weakly metamorphosed. The area is part of the Scottish Southern Uplands / Irish Down - Longford Terrane, one of a series of terranes assembled through the closure of the Iapetus Ocean at the end ofthe Silurian period, 395 Million years ago (Ma). A terrane is a geological unit, discrete in terms of structure and age, and distinct from adjoining areas. |
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