Přílepská skála

General Characteristics

County (administration): Středočeský kraj
District (town): Rakovník
Village: Přílepy
Cadastre: Přílepy
Map sheets: 12-13 Jesenice, 12-134 Oráčov
Accessibility: no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID: 1907


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Permocarboniferous, Central Bohemia. Dominant hill with outcrops and several old quarries. Silicified quartzose sandstones and arkoses were quarried there for stonemasonry and millwheel production. Stratigraphically these sediments belong to the Nýřany Beds of the Kladno Formation. Sediments were deposited mostly in a fluvial depositional environment.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: Upper Carboniferous
Subject: sedimentology, mining and mining impacts, petrology, economic geology, geology
Geological phenomenon: cliff, bedding, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone


Territorial protection

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, code 2125 (Přílepská skála)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts


References
  • Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982 - 85.-Středisko památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str. 256, Prah

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Ludmila Knížetová, 31.12.1987
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín, 10.10.2005, Lojka Richard, 10.07.2010


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1907 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1907.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: great
Educational assesment: major
Significance: regional
Representativeness: major
Geological importance: significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: acceptable

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