PP Lom Kační

Ideal with dogs :)

View of the Prague 13 housing estate and Vidoula

Hezký lom :)

Nice walk through a common path, but as a panorama, however, concrete jungle

The wall of an abandoned quarry reveals the vein of volcanic basalt rock, which penetrated into unconsolidated sediments at the bottom of the Paleozoic, Silurian Sea about 425 million years ago in connection with the formation of an underwater volcano, located in the area between today's Butovice and Řeporyje. During the Silurian period, the territory of today's Bohemia was located south of the equatorial zone near the large continent of Gondwana, formed by the cores of today's South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia and India, reaching as far as the South Pole. Godwana and the territory of today's Bohemia gradually moved towards the equator, which warmed the climate. The silencing of the Silurian Sea in places of volcanic submarine activity has created suitable conditions for the rich life of various groups of marine invertebrates, especially cephalopods, bivalves, snails, trilobites and lilies. The wall of the abandoned quarry reveals a vein of volcanic rock of basalt, which penetrated into unpaved deposits at the bottom of the Palaeolithic, Silurian seas about 425 million years ago in connection with the emergence of a submarine volcano in the territory between today's Butovice and Reporyje. In the Silurian period, the territory of present-day Bohemia was located south of the equatorial zone near the great continent of Gondwana, formed by the nucleus of today's South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia and India, extending to the South Pole. Godwana with the territory of today's Bohemia gradually shifted to the equator, which led to the warming of the climate. By shallowing of the Silurian Sea in the places of volcanic underwater activity, favorable conditions for the rich life of various species of marine invertebrate animals, especially cephalopods, bivalves, gastropods, trilobites and lilijas, have been created.

Beautiful open quarry wall. Informative information board. It's a pity that Lom is very overgrown. The quarry wall is best seen in winter when the leaves have fallen.

On the border of Jinonice and Butovice there is a former basalt quarry abandoned in ancient times, later it was an important locality in the number of found fossils, there was also found a fossil of that time unknown bivalve which was named Butovicella after the place of discovery.