Laycock Railway Cutting (grid reference ST678213) is a 1.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Milborne Port in Somerset, notified in 1993. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Somerset |
---|---|
Grid reference | ST678213 |
Coordinates | 50°59′24″N 2°27′36″W / 50.9901°N 2.4601°W |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.3 hectares (0.013 km2; 0.0050 sq mi) |
Notification | 1993 |
Natural England website |
Laycock Railway Cutting is the best single exposure of the Bathonian ’Fuller's Earth Rock’ in South Somerset. Ammonites indicating the Morrisi and Subcontractus zones of the Middle Bathonian are frequent. Ammonites are generallyextremely rare at this level in Britain and their presence at Laycock is of international stratigraphic importance.The combination of features of both litho- and chrono-stratigraphical importance make Laycock Railway Cutting a key British Bathonian locality.
Sources
edit- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 10 August 2006)
External links
edit- English Nature website (SSSI information)
🔥 Top keywords: Akademia e Shkencave e RPS te ShqiperiseAlexandria Ocasio-CortezBilderberg GroupCristiano RonaldoDong XiaowanMinecraftOperation GladioPrimal cutRiot FestStrictly Come Dancing (series 7)Main PageSpecial:SearchWikipedia:Featured picturesJayson TatumJuneteenthUEFA Euro 2024Jaylen BrownAl HorfordBoston CelticsJoe MazzullaList of NBA championsCristiano RonaldoHouse of the DragonPage 3Noam ChomskyJrue HolidayCleopatraDeaths in 2024.xxxArda GülerPepe (footballer, born 1983)Inside Out 2Georgia (country)MāuiBo DallasBridgertonUEFA European ChampionshipCzech RepublicJustin Timberlake2024 NBA FinalsYouTubeFrancisco ConceiçãoKristaps PorziņģisThe Boys (TV series)Chad GableRoberto MartínezNoam chomskyDerrick White (basketball)Anouk Aimée