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e-mail enquiries to: info@devonrigs.org.uk
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Dr Kevin Page, Chairman, Devon RIGS, School of Ocean and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UKTel: 01752 233100 (Office Hours)
This page was updated on 1st May 2007.
The Devon RIGS Group has been accumulating information on geological sites across Devon for a number of years, and recently through a programme of district surveys. During these surveys, qualified and experienced geologists from the Group visit sites in order to assess and document their geological features. The Group then examines the information in order to identify those sites which are considered to be of significant geological interest, at least in a county context; these are referred to as County Geological Sites.
This evaluation uses national guidelines which set out the conditions which qualify a site as a County Geological Site. Generally, some thirty to forty sites are identified in any one local authority district.