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Moel Hiraddug Quarries is a quarry and a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales.
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Moel Hiraddug Quarries is a quarry and a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales.
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Pentre Halkyn is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. It is situated approximately two miles from Holywell, and is off Junction 32 of the A55 North Wales Expressway. It has a quarry, a small hotel, and a local shop. The village borders on the Halkyn Mountain Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation.
The Mendip Hills, (Mendips) in northern Somerset, are the most southerly Carboniferous Limestone uplands in Britain.
Quarry Hangers is a 28.5-hectare (70-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Caterham in Surrey. An area of 11 hectares is a nature reserve managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
Allington Quarry is a 0.8-hectare (2.0-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Maidstone in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Bryn Euryn is a hill which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Conwy County Borough, Wales. There is a trig point at the summit. It lies above the seaside town of Rhos-on-Sea and village of Mochdre, Conwy. It is 131 metres above sea level, and is listed as a HuMP. At the bottom of the hill are the remains of Llys Euryn.
Caerwys Tufa is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales.
Sometimes referred to in literature as 'Bwlch y Gaseg' and in very close proximity to the area named as such on OS Map 1888-1913, the Cynwyd Forest Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) located aside a track within the Cynwyd Forest near Corwen, Denbighshire, North Wales. It was described by Rushton et al. (2000) and exposes Late Ordovician micaceous siltstones and mudstones of the Dolhir Formation which yields a rich shelly (brachiopod) fauna. Trilobites are represented by several genera although the fauna is dominated by Gravicalymene arcuata Price, 1982. Bivalves, bryozoans and various Echinodermata are also present. Examples of most of the fossils listed below are illustrated and briefly described in "Fossils of the Upper Ordovician" by Harper and Owen (Eds.).
Graig Quarry is a limestone quarry that includes a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is located near Mold in the former county of Clwyd, now Denbighshire, north Wales.
Hanmer Mere is a natural lake and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The village of Hanmer is at the northern end of the lake. The lake is 18 hectares in extent.
Llyn Bedydd is a small lake in Wrexham County Borough, in northeastern Wales, near the border with England. It is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south west of Whitchurch. The lake and the surrounding woodland are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Marford Quarry is a quarry and a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales. It is managed by the North Wales Wildlife Trust.
Pandy Quarries is a quarry and a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales.
Penarth Quarry is a quarry and a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales.
Collyweston Quarries is a 6.6-hectare (16-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Easton on the Hill in Northamptonshire, south of Stamford. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Flixton Quarry is a 0.7 hectares geological Site of Special Scientific Interest 3.75 miles (6.04 km) south-west of Bungay in the English county of Suffolk. It is a Geological Conservation Review site located in the parish of Homersfield.
Otterpool Quarry is a 10.2-hectare (25-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hythe in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Snettisham Carstone Quarry is an 11-hectare (27-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of King's Lynn in Norfolk. It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.