Walls in the Roth Lay

In the Carboniferous, 325 million years ago, the Old Red collided with the continent Gondwana which followed it on its journey towards north. With unimaginable pressure the slit was compressed to slate and different tectonic forces lifted, twisted and shifted it in millions of years. About 800,000 years ago, when the Moselle started to dig its valley, the slate of the Moselle terraces had turned up to 135°. Very often some layers have a thickness of only a few hundred metres. Today the Moselle runs through a variety of different formations. The single slates often recur after some kilometres because of the meandering of the river and geological faults. Scientifically correct they are described as follows: System Devon, Serie Unterdevon (sub Devon). The rocks in our area were created in the Ems region at the end of sub Devon 410 to 392 million years ago.