Bowlditch Quarry
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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 Location within Somerset
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| Area of Search | Avon |
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| Grid reference | ST668558 |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.0024 km2; 0.00094 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1952 |
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Bowlditch Quarry (grid reference ST668558) is a 0.25 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Clandown, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1952.
The site provides a remarkable attenuated and broken succession stretching from the top of the Rhaetian to the lowest Pliensbachian periods. This Lias section provides a good example of biostratigraphic principles.[1]
References
- ↑ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 9 July 2006)
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