The magnetic rocks and bones of south west Cleveland

1- Jet black mineral as yet unidentified it is attracted to none rare earth magnets, resistant to very high temperatures.

 

 

2 Video of a visit to a section of Cleveland dyke in Teesdale. Sorry for the quality of the video's but the conditions were not great.

 

 

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4 - Cobble worked from the Cleveland dyke at Stainton quarry, the none rare earth magnet sticks to the Basaltic andesite quite easily.

 

 

 

 

5- Large piece of whin stone not far from Stainton quarry, again the none rare earth magnet sticks easily.

 

 

6- As yet unidentified piece

 

 

7- Left over stone at the Stainton quarry site, all of the rocks easily attracted none rare earth magnets.

 

 

 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ugSxUOfzvYg

 

 

.8 - Excavated rock from the The Stainton gravel beds  Ime sure its Whinstone but am not sure what has caused the indentations, but whenever i come across whinstone with these marks, it has a very strong attraction to none rare earth magnets

9- 11  This piece is strange, Excavated from  The Stainton gravel beds

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12 Excavated from  The Stainton gravel beds

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16- These curb stones run along the Boothem area of Central York, all i tested were attracted to the rare earth magnet shown, i did not have a none rare earth magnet with me, but would gamble one would easily stick,as ime sure these stones originated from one of the quarry's in The south west area of Cleveland.

17 - 18 show an experiment i carried out, please click the link for more info and images Magnetic horse bone 

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19 Another experiment.

 

 

 

 

 

Human tibia shaft

This image shows a human tibia shaft still in the a Stainton gravel beds.

The tibia shaft above has been reported to Tees archaeology who can no longer help as they have had there funding suspended by Middlesbrough council.

It was excavated from the Stainton gravel beds, and i believe it is human. Ive also been to the police, and Dorman museum the police could not help and ime still awaiting a response from dorman museum middlesbrough.   I now know this to be a human tibia shaft there are updated posts.

The image above shows a human tibia shaft excavated from a more famous site, that was taken a lot more seriously than my finds!

Please remember the piece of bone in the first two images was excavated over 2 metres into packed and previously undisturbed deposits ive been informed are proberbly 20,000 years +

 

 

Sorry forgot to update this old post, the tibia shaft is indeed Human it was identified by an anthropologist on behalf of Cleveland police

Bone finds kell gate Staianton.

Thie pic above show one of the horse femur's before being extracted from the red clay.

The pic above shows the cleaned bones, all found in the same area of red clay at Kell gate Staintin, just up stream from the structure.

The pic above shows most ofthe bones still tightly embedded into the stonles aluvial red clay.

Structure uncovered at Stainton beck

I visited a different area of Stainton beck that only shows the red clay deposit that usually sits well above the gravel beds, and found quite a lot of mineralised bone buried in the stoneless clay.

I then noticed a wooden structure above were the red clay.

I decided to do a small excavation and was surprised to find what appeared to be a small road, pathway? made from mostly whinstone ( basaltic andesite) from the  Cleveland dyke at this location.

If ime right and i think i am this structure at least pre dates the old Thornton hall as the path or road would have had to pass through the old hall garden walls and they are still there, and there is no gateway.

Also there was no steel or iron to be found in the wood nore any pottery, or brick the ends of the wood have been chopped away not sawn.

 

 

First visit by my good freind Roger Curry to view the Stainton gravel beds and the Cleveland dyke at Stainton

This first image shows Roger pointing at the Stainton gravel bed, not far to the right is where i found the possible human tbia.

This image shows a magnet a lot stronger than i usually use stuck tight to a rock

I was recently visited by a friend who i met on a mineral forum, i showed the lad round my local excavations here are his observations. Roger said - He believes like others who have visited this area with me that ive discovered as yet unknown magnetic phenomena and geological deposits.

                          

Fossil rich slab found on Boltonmoss hill

This fossil rich slab i strongly believe like 99% of the rock found on the surface around this area came from the Stainton gravel beds. It looks to be Carboniferous limestone.

Fossil burnt wood excavated from the Stainton grav...

Fossill slabs

Auroch skulls ?

The first five images show what are said to be Auroch skulls by the paleo direct site, the next shows a modern cow skull.

The remaining images show skull pieces found by myself and my daughter that i believe have been washed from the Stainton gravel beds in the south west area of Cleveland North east England.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stainton becks deflection due to the Cleveland Dyke.

This image shows how the water way we now know as Stainton beck was deflected at some earlier point in time, due to the natural dam that is the Cleveland Dyke.

The beck valley can be seen from right to left in the image by following the tree line, and just before the houses that can be seen above the tree tops to the left, is where the water way has hit the barrier that is the Dyke.

 And was then deflected to the north west to its confluence with Stainsby beck were once united managed to breech the dyke about a quarter of a mile further north.

 

 The magnetic properties of the Cleveland dyke in t... 

 

 The Stainton gravel beds

 

 

 

 

Further in to dig one at Stainton beck

This image shows the deposits shown in earlier posts, the deposit appears  alluvial in origin and contains Jurassic fossils in very good condition.

I am now well into this deposit and i am starting to notice it seems more uniformed the deeper i get ie seperated red and blue layers

These are a selection of the isolated rocks found today.

Stainton gravel beds, and clay deposits.

The image below i believe shows the same red clay that covers all the areas in the south west Cleveland area and sits directly below the Stainton gravel beds, the first image was taken at Fanny Bells Gill just before its confluence with the river Leven

This image shows what i believe to be a very good exposure of Triassic Mercia mudstone about a mile down river.

This exposure just up river from the image above, is i believe also Mercia mudstone, and is also the site of an old mill that was built upon the Triassic bedrock.

A good image of the bedrock.

This image i think shows Mercia mudstone that has been exposed earlier in time and weathered.

The last image shows the whole natural weir.

 I believe that because the surrounding banks are so steep that what has and is now to be seen, could easily be mistaken for glacial till, but is infact a mixture of individual fluvial layers that have eroded over time with the help of the more modern Leven flow.

 

 

More can be viewed regarding tthe Stainton gravel beds by clicking the link below

The Stainton gravel beds