Gravel bed sat directly on top of Mercia mudstone.

  1 - This exposure at stainsby beck shows a gravel bed sat directly on top of Mercia mudstone.

 

 

  2 - The gravel bed can be seen quite clearly sat on the red Mercia mudstone, above the gravel bed the deposits are the same as ive found above the Stainton gravel beds excavated so far in the south west area of Cleveland.

 

  3 - The Mercia mudstone outcrops in the western Bank of Stainsby beck are red and green - blue ime told this is due to a fault.