Bowlditch Quarry
Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Avon |
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Grid reference | ST668558 |
Coordinates | 51.30035°N 2.47759°W / 51.30035; -2.47759 |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 0.6 acres (0.0024 km2; 0.00094 sq mi) |
Notification | 1952 (1952) |
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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]