Doulting Railway Cutting
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Doulting Railway Cutting (grid reference ST648424) is a 2.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1971.
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Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Somerset |
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Grid reference | ST648424 |
Coordinates | 51.17974°N 2.50496°W / 51.17974; -2.50496 |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 2.8 hectares (0.028 km2; 0.011 sq mi) |
Notification | 1971 (1971) |
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The cutting was made in the 1850s for the East Somerset Railway which still runs steam trains through the cutting today.
It shows rocks of the Middle Jurassic period including both the Inferior Oolite/Great Oolite Junction and the Bajocian-Bathonian stage boundary.