Dinton Quarry

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Dinton Quarry (grid reference SU006308 ) is a 3,000 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1990. This long-disused quarry of Middle Purbeck limestone was the main source of the late Jurassic fossil insects described by Brodie in 1845.

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Coordinates: 51°04′35″N1°59′34″W / 51.07652°N 1.99281°W / 51.07652; -1.99281


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