Shepshed Cutting

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Shepshed Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Disused railway cutting, Blackbrook Wood, Shepshed, Leicestershire - geograph.org.uk - 126643.jpg
Location Leicestershire
Grid reference SK 461 185 [1]
InterestGeological
Area6.0 hectares (15 acres) [1]
Notification 1985 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Shepshed Cutting is a 6.0 hectares (15 acres) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Shepshed in Leicestershire. [1] [2]

The Triassic deposits in Shepshed Cutting are unique, with a flat sheet of galena resting on red clay, and the whole enclosed in sandstone. The site is described by Natural England as "of international importance for developing a better understanding of the origins of mineral deposits and the processes which form them". [3]

A public footpath runs through the site.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Shepshed Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. "Map of Shepshed Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. "Shepshed Cutting citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

Coordinates: 52°45′43″N1°19′08″W / 52.762°N 1.319°W / 52.762; -1.319