Longville To Stanway Road Section

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Longville To Stanway Road Section is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) [1] [2] within the Shropshire Hills National Landscape. It is located 2km east of Rushbury, near Wilderhope Manor and 5km southwest of Wenlock Edge SSSI in Shropshire, England. This area is protected because of its Silurian geology where the sediments contain fossils of animals that lived in the shallow seas present 420 million years ago.

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Geology

Longville To Stanway Road Section has an exposure where the Wenlock Limestone stratum from the Silurian period is immediately above the Farley Member stratum. The Farley Member stratum is from the Coalbrookdale Formation. Fossils in these strata include bryozoa and trilobites such as Calymene tuberculosa (genus Calymene ). Fossils also include graptolites including the species Monograptus ludensis (genus Monograptus ) and Pristiograptus jaegeri. [1] [3]

Land ownership

Most of the land in Longville To Stanway Road Section SSSI is owned by the National Trust. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "SSSI detail". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Protected Planet | Longville to Stanway Road Section". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  3. ↑ "British Silurian Stratigraphy (Geological Conservation Review Series No. 19) | JNCC Resource Hub". hub.jncc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  4. ↑ "Mapping the habitats of England's ten largest institutional landowners". Who owns England?. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
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