Barnhill Quarry

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Barnhill Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Barnhill quarry, Chipping Sodbury - geograph.org.uk - 322740.jpg
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Location within Gloucestershire
Location Avon
Grid reference ST725827
Coordinates 51°32′33″N2°23′53″W / 51.54252°N 2.39793°W / 51.54252; -2.39793 Coordinates: 51°32′33″N2°23′53″W / 51.54252°N 2.39793°W / 51.54252; -2.39793
InterestGeological
Area3.1 hectare
Notification 1966
Location map English Nature

Barnhill Quarry (grid reference ST725827 ) is a 3.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1966.

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