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Snowdon Hill Quarry

Snowdon Hill Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Snowdon Hill Quarry is located in Somerset
Snowdon Hill Quarry
Location within Somerset
Area of SearchSomerset
Grid referenceST312089
Coordinates50°52′32″N 2°58′45″W / 50.87548°N 2.97922°W
InterestGeological
Area0.6 hectares (0.0060 km2; 0.0023 sq mi)
Notification1963
Natural England website

Snowdon Hill Quarry (grid reference ST312089) is a 0.6 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Chard in Somerset, notified in 1963.

The site shows rock exposures through the Upper Greensand and Chalk which contain fossil crustaceans which are both unique and exceptionally well-preserved and support study of palaeontology in Britain. The unit has been dated to the subdivision of the Chalk known as the Turrilites acutus Zone, named after one of the characteristic fossils.[1]

References

  1. ^ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 9 August 2006)

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