Meezy Hurst

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Meezy Hurst
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Gloucestershire
Area of Search Gloucestershire
Grid reference SO638089 to SO647091
Coordinates 51°46′41″N2°31′31″W / 51.778041°N 2.525381°W / 51.778041; -2.525381 Coordinates: 51°46′41″N2°31′31″W / 51.778041°N 2.525381°W / 51.778041; -2.525381
Interest Geological
Area 4.3 hectare
Notification 1986
Natural England website

Meezy Hurst ( SO638089 to SO647091 ) is a 4.3-hectare (11-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986. [1] [2]

Gloucestershire County of England

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.

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The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS). [3]

Location and geology

The site is in the Forest of Dean and is at four separate locations. This is an area of disused quarries and dismantled railways. The exposures gives the lower part of the Westphalian succession of the Forest of Dean. The rocks were laid down some 310 million years ago in the Upper Carboniferous Period. The exposures provide a clear indication of contact with the underlying older rocks, and a good section through the whole of the Trenchard Group. The lower Pennant Group of the Upper Coal Measures are visible. The site is a significant research area for examination of how sedimentation spread into the area. [1]

Forest of Dean geographical, historical and cultural region in Gloucestershire, England

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.

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References

  1. 1 2 Natural England SSSI information on the citation
  2. ↑ Forest of Dean District Local Plan Review, adopted November 2005, Appendix D 'Nature Conservation Site Designations Within the Forest of Dean District', Sites of Special Scientific Interest Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine .
  3. ↑ Forest of Dean District Local Plan Review, adopted November 2005, Appendix D 'Nature Conservation Site Designations Within the Forest of Dean District', Key Wildlife Sites Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine .

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