Trimdon Limestone Quarry

Trimdon Limestone Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Country England
Region North East
District Sedgefield
Location NZ362353
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Area 0.8 ha (1.98 acres)
Notification 1992
Management Natural England
Area of Search County Durham
Interest Geological
Biological
Location of Trimdon Limestone Quarry SSSI, Co Durham
Website: Map of site

Trimdon Limestone Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Sedgefield district of County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km west of the village of Trimdon Grange and about 5 km east of the village of Coxhoe.

The site is an abandoned quarry in which is exposed a section of the Ford Formation of Late Permian magnesian limestone. The site is nationally important for an interpretation of the geological history of the Ford Formation carbonates.[1]

The abandoned quarry workings include an area of floristically-rich magnesian limestone grassland, a habitat which is nationally scarce in Britain, with only an estimated 270 ha remaining.[1]

The site is part of a larger area that is managed by the Durham Wildlife Trust as the Trimdon Grange Quarry nature reserve.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Trimdon Limestone Quarry". English Nature. 1992. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005882.pdf. Retrieved 20 July 2010. 
  2. ^ "Trimdon Grange Quarry". Durham Wildlife Trust. p. 2. http://www.durhamwt.co.uk/pdfs/Reserves%20pdf/TRIMDON.pdf. Retrieved 20 July 2010. 
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