Lydney Cliff

Lydney Cliff
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shown within Gloucestershire
Area of Search	Gloucestershire
Grid reference	SO654020
Coordinates	51°42′58″N 2°30′05″W / 51.716106°N 2.501503°W / 51.716106; -2.501503Coordinates: 51°42′58″N 2°30′05″W / 51.716106°N 2.501503°W / 51.716106; -2.501503
Interest	Geological
Area	8.0hectare
Notification	1990
Natural England website

Lydney Cliff (grid reference SO654020) is a 8.0-hectare (20-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1990. Part of the site is included in the Severn Estuary SSSI.^[1]^[2]

Geology

The site has exposures in the Raglan Marls (topmost) of the Lower Devonian time period (up to the level of the Psammosteus Limestone). The section includes calcrete profiles and a complex sand-body. The sandstone has fish fragments. The outcrop is significant for research in assessing the extent of marine tidal influence on the sequence in the Lower Old Red Sandstone (below the Psammosteus Limestone). The site has contributed significantly to the geological record (for calcrete soils).^[1]

The site has two important fish beds and the assemblage is regarded as proof of a marine incursion within environments which are predominantly estuarine to fluvial. Other fish beds present are fluvial. Species found are mixed. The location is significant for Sabrinacanthus arcuatus.^[1]

References

SSSI Source

External links

Natural England (SSSI information)

Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire

Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

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Neighbouring areas Avon Hereford and Worcester Oxfordshire Wiltshire

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