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Clints Crags

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Clints Crags
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Clints Crags is a sea cliff or coastal rock feature composed of Carboniferous limestone, formed approximately 340 to 320 million years ago through the accumulation of marine sediments. It is notable for its exposure of clint and grike landscape, a distinctive weathering pattern common in limestone areas, which provides insight into the region's geological history and processes of chemical weathering.

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Clints Crags is shown as a cliff on the public map of County Durham. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

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