Quarries · South East England
Holwell Quarries
Holwell Quarries — Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cranmore · 6.2 km
About
Holwell Quarries is a quarry in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest. Wikidata describes it as: "Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England". Coordinates: 51.2035°, -2.3936°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Holwell Quarries SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Holwell Quarries (grid reference ST726450) is a 1.3-hectare (3.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Holwell near Nunney on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1952. Holwell Quarries represent an internationally important geological locality. A comprehensive assemblage of Triassic (including Rhaetic), Lower Jurassic and Middle Jurassic fissure fillings are well displayed. The Rhaetic fissure fillings have yielded the richest assemblage of vertebrate faunas known from the British Triassic. Fissure deposits have also yielded 8 or 9 genera of Reptiles: a Crocodilian, a Placodont (the first record in Britain of this sub-order), and the dinosaurs Thecodontosaurus and Palaeosaurus. The Lower Jurassic fissure fillings yield ammonites and brachiopods which are important in dating these deposits.
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- Coordinates
- 51.2035, -2.3936
- District
- Somerset
- Parish
- Wanstrow
- Postcode
- BA11 4PX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Frome and East Somerset
- Nearest railway station
- Cranmore — 6.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q15224606 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Holwell Quarries (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Holwellquarry.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Holwell Quarries?
- Holwell Quarries is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BA11 4PX), in the parish of Wanstrow.
- Is Holwell Quarries a listed building?
- Holwell Quarries is officially recognised as Site of Special Scientific Interest listed.
- Is Holwell Quarries a protected site?
- Yes — Holwell Quarries is part of the Holwell Quarries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Holwell Quarries?
- The nearest railway station is Cranmore, about 6.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BA11 4PX.