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This is local red sandstone from the Triassic period. You can see cross bedding in it which shows there was a current flowing across the site of deposition. The sand contains pebbles which suggests it was water that was transporting the sediment rather than wind. Maghull had two quarries for the local sandstone which as used for grindstones.

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