Windsor Hill Quarry

Windsor Hill Quarry

Infobox SSSI


name=Windsor Hill Quarry
aos=Somerset
interest=Geological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST615451
area= 0.8 hectare
notifydate=1971

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Windsor Hill Quarry (gbmapping|ST615451) is a 0.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1971.

It is a Geological Conservation Review site for vertebrate studies in which examples of the tritylodont Oligokyphus were identified. [cite web | title=English Nature citation sheet| url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001254.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-07 | year=2006]

The disused quarry was connected to the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway until 1957 when the sidings were removed. [cite book |last=Atthill |first=Robin |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Old Mendip |year=1964 |publisher=David and Charles |location=Newton Abbott |isbn=0715351710 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk English Nature website] (SSSI information)

See also

* Quarries of the Mendip Hills


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