The Carboniferous Limestone is a collective term for the succession of limestones which occur widely throughout Great Britain and Ireland which were deposited during the Dinantian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period. These rocks formed between 363 and 325 million years ago. Within England and Wales, the entire limestone succession which includes subordinate mudstones and some thin sandstones is known as the Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup.
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