Seavington St. Mary SSSI, Somerset

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Seavington St. Mary

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Location	Somerset
Grid reference	ST400144
Coordinates	50°55′33″N 2°51′18″W / 50.92592°N 2.85507°W / 50.92592; -2.85507Coordinates: 50°55′33″N 2°51′18″W / 50.92592°N 2.85507°W / 50.92592; -2.85507
Interest	Geological
Area	0.3 hectares (0.0030 km2; 0.0012 sq mi)
Notification	1971 (1971)
Natural England website

Seavington St. Mary (grid reference

ST400144) is a 0.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Seavington St Mary in Somerset, notified in 1971.

Extensive exposures through much of the Inferior Oolite. This is the most westerly outcrop of this formation in England. It is thus of considerable importance in interpreting the local stratigraphy and sedimentology in relation to the palaeogeography of south-west England in Middle Jurassic times. A valuable Aalenian - Bajocian locality affording a prime educational and research facility.

Sources[]

• English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 10 August 2006)

External links[]

• English Nature website (SSSI information)