Kilmersdon Road Quarry

Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England

51°17′10″N 2°26′50″W / 51.28608°N 2.44733°W / 51.28608; -2.44733InterestGeologicalArea0.43 hectares (0.0043 km2; 0.0017 sq mi)Notification1954 (1954)Natural England website

Kilmersdon Road Quarry (grid reference ST689542) is a 0.43 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between the village of Haydon and the town of Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1954.

This is a key Lias locality spanning much of the Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian stages.[1]

References

  1. ^ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 13 July 2006)
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