Windsor Hill Quarry

Windsor Hill Quarry

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Location	Somerset
Grid reference	ST615451
Coordinates	51°12′14″N2°33′09″W / 51.20381°N 2.55246°W / 51.20381; -2.55246
Interest	Geological
Area	0.8 hectares (0.0080 km2; 0.0031 sq mi)
Notification	1971 (1971)
Natural England website

Windsor Hill Quarry (grid reference ST615451 ) is a 0.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, adjacent to the Windsor Hill Marsh biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It was notified in 1971.

It is a Geological Conservation Review site for vertebrate studies in which examples of the tritylodont Oligokyphus were identified. ^[1]

The disused quarry was connected to the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway until 1957 when the sidings were removed. ^{[2] [ page needed ]}

See also

• Quarries of the Mendip Hills

References

1. "English Nature citation sheet" (PDF). 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2006.
2. Atthill, Robin (1971). Old Mendip (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott: David and Charles. ISBN   0-7153-5171-0.

External links

• English Nature website (SSSI information)