North Road Quarry, Bath
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Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Avon |
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Grid reference | ST767646 |
Coordinates | 51°22′48″N 2°20′10″W / 51.37997°N 2.33617°W |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 0.3 hectares (0.0030 km2; 0.0012 sq mi) |
Notification | 1990 |
Natural England website |
North Road Quarry, Bath (grid reference ST767646) is a 0.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest close to Sham Castle in the city of Bath, Somerset, notified in 1990.
It is a Geological Conservation Review site because it contains an exposure of Oolite, which shows a very clear example of dip-and-fault structure. In addition it reveals Pleistocene 'plateaugravels' made up of flint, chert, limestone, coal, shales, sandstone and conglomerate, sometimes in a silty matrix, sometimes clast supported.[1]
References
- ^ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 12 July 2006)
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