Seend Cleeve Quarry ( grid reference ST933609) is a 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Seend Cleeve, Wiltshire, England, notified in 1987. [1] It is important for its strata from the Oxfordian stage of the Jurassic period, containing fossil ammonites and bivalves which aid stratigraphy. [2]
The site was an iron ore quarry between the middle of the 19th century and the 1960s, and in the 19th century Seend Iron Works was nearby. [3] [4] [5] None of these facilities have been preserved; the site is now pasture.
51°20′50″N 2°05′51″W / 51.3471°N 2.0976°W
Seend Cleeve Quarry ( grid reference ST933609) is a 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Seend Cleeve, Wiltshire, England, notified in 1987. [1] It is important for its strata from the Oxfordian stage of the Jurassic period, containing fossil ammonites and bivalves which aid stratigraphy. [2]
The site was an iron ore quarry between the middle of the 19th century and the 1960s, and in the 19th century Seend Iron Works was nearby. [3] [4] [5] None of these facilities have been preserved; the site is now pasture.
51°20′50″N 2°05′51″W / 51.3471°N 2.0976°W