General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kladno
Cadastre: Podlešín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1221, 12214
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Central Bohemian & Western Bohemian limnic regions
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 54

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Isolated rock in the form of a rock needle formed of subarkoses up to conglomerates of the Slaný Formation. Interesting weathering phenomena, as selective weathering, abri, honeycombs. Geomorphologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon - svrchní karbon - siles
Subject: geomorphology, stratigraphy, geology
Geological phenomenon: bedding, honeycombs, characteristic rock
Genesis: weathering , sedimentary
Rock: arkose, sandstone, conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: tourism, sports

References

Stárková, M. et al. (1989): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1 : 25 000 12-214 Kralupy nad Vltavou. - MS Geofond. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 11.01.94
Updated by: Lojka Richard 10.07.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 54 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/54.

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