Leighton Road Cutting

Infobox SSSI


name=Leighton Road Cutting
aos=Somerset
interest=Geological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST702437
area=0.6 hectare
notifydate=1984

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Leighton Road Cutting (gbmapping|ST702437) is a 0.6 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1984. It is a Geological Conservation Review site

Leighton Road Cutting provides exposure of a series of early Jurassic limestones, of Lower Lias age, which are the only known outcrops of these particular rocks to occur in a normal horizontally-bedded sequence in the Mendips. The discovery of the Leighton Road Cutting sections enabled geologists to understand how the fissure infills seen widely throughout the Mendips had been formed.

ource

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000064.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site] (accessed 10 August 2006)

External links

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