- Cook's Wood Quarry
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Cook's Wood Quarry Site of Special Scientific Interest Area of Search Somerset Grid reference ST669479 Coordinates 51°13′46″N 2°28′32″W / 51.22932°N 2.47542°WCoordinates: 51°13′46″N 2°28′32″W / 51.22932°N 2.47542°W Interest Geological Area 0.8 hectares (0.0080 km2; 0.0031 sq mi) Notification 1988 Natural England website Cook's Wood Quarry (grid reference ST669479) is a 0.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Stoke St Michael on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1988.
This is a Geological Conservation Review Site. This site partially overlaps with St. Dunstan's Well Catchment SSSI.
The main exposures are cut in very steeply-dipping Carboniferous Limestone. This was the original locality for the type section of the proposed ‘Cookswoodian Stage’.
9 species of Bat, Dormice and 4 species of Newts including the rare Great Crested Newt reside in Cooks Wood Quarry.[1]
Planning permission for the disused quarry has been granted to turn it into a £10m holiday park, with the creation of 65 jobs.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "SSSI citation sheet". English Nature. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000315.pdf. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ^ "Holiday park plans for disused Somerset quarry". BBC. 3 August 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-10851363. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
Summary SSSIs Ben Knowle · Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast · Brean Down · Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins · Bruton Railway Cutting · Cheddar Complex · Cloford Quarry · Cook's Wood Quarry · Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill · Doulting Railway Cutting · Emborough Quarries · Glenthorne · Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting · Greylake · Ham Hill · Hobbs Quarry · Holwell Quarries · Hurcott Farm · Hurcott Lane Cutting · Lamb Leer · Langport Railway Cutting · Laycock Railway Cutting · Leighton Road Cutting · Low Ham · Maes Down · Maesbury Railway Cutting · Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick · Moon's Hill Quarry · Priddy Caves · Priddy Pools · Rodney Stoke SSSI · Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot · Seavington St Mary · Shepton Montague Railway Cutting · Snowdon Hill Quarry · St. Dunstan's Well Catchment · Thrupe Lane Swallet · Vallis Vale · Viaduct Quarry · Windsor Hill Quarry · Wookey Hole · Wookey Station · Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
Neighbouring areas Avon · Devon · Dorset · Wiltshire
Categories:- Mendip Hills
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1988
- Mining in Somerset
- Quarries in the United Kingdom
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