Writhlington SSSI

Infobox SSSI


name=Writhlington
aos=Avon
interest=Geological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST703553
area=0.5 hectares
notifydate=1992

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Writhlington SSSI (gbmapping|ST703553) is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1992.

This is the site of old mine workings on the Somerset coalfield, including 3,000 tons of Upper Carboniferous spoil from which more than 1,400 insect fossil specimens have been recovered, including the world's earliest known Damselfly. [cite web | title=Decay and Disarticulation of the Cockroach: Implications for Preservation of the Blattoids of Writhlington (Upper Carboniferous), UK | work=PALAIOS; June 2003; v. 18; no. 3; p. 256-265; | url=http://palaios.sepmonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/3/256 | accessdate=2006-11-14] It is a Geological Conservation - Protected Site. [cite web | title=Writhlington SSSI, Somerset | work=English Nature | url=http://www.lifescapes.co.uk/text_version/special/geological/protect3t.asp | accessdate=2006-11-14]

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* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005921.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site] (accessed 17 July 2006)