Maesbury Railway Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
![]() ![]() Location within Somerset | |
Location | Somerset |
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Grid reference | ST606475 |
Coordinates | 51°13′31″N 2°33′56″W / 51.22532°N 2.56560°WCoordinates: 51°13′31″N 2°33′56″W / 51.22532°N 2.56560°W |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 2 hectares (0.020 km2; 0.0077 sq mi) |
Notification | 1995 |
Natural England website |
Maesbury Railway Cutting (grid reference ST606475) is a 2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between East Horrington and Gurney Slade in Somerset, notified in 1995.
It was part of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.
This is a Geological Conservation Review site because it exposes approximately 135 metres of strata representing the middle and upper Lower Limestone Shales and the basal . Both formations are of early Carboniferous () age.
It lies close to the Iron Age hill fort Maesbury Castle.
Sources[]
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 10 August 2006)
External links[]
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
Categories:
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1995
- Railway cuttings in the United Kingdom
- Rail transport in Somerset
- Geology of Somerset