Hobbs Quarry
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Area of Search | Somerset |
Grid Reference | ST622446 |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 0.5 hectare |
Notification | 1984 |
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Hobbs Quarry (grid reference ST622446) is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1984.
This disused quarry is a Geological Conservation Review Site which demonstrates early Jurassic transgression, with steeply-dipping Carboniferous Limestone being overlain by flatter-lying massive limestones (of early Jurassic age) known as the Downside Stone.
[edit] Source
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 22 July 2006)
[edit] External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
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