Holwell Quarries

Holwell Quarries

Infobox SSSI


name=Holwell Quarries
aos=Somerset
interest=Geological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST726450
area=1.3 hectare
notifydate=1952

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Holwell Quarries (gbmapping|ST726450) is a 1.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Holwell near Nunney on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1952.

Holwell Quarries represent an internationally important geological locality. A comprehensive assemblage of Triassic (including Rhaetic), Lower Jurassic and Middle Jurassic fissure fillings are well displayed. The Rhaetic fissure fillings have yielded the richest assemblage of vertebrate faunas known from the British Triassic. Fissure deposits have also yielded 8 or 9 genera of Reptiles: a Crocodilian, a Placodont (the first record in Britain of this sub-order), and the dinosaurs Thecodontosaurus and Palaeosaurus. The Lower Jurassic fissure fillings yield ammonites and brachiopods which are important in dating these deposits.

ource

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000208.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site] (accessed 10 August 2006)

External links

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk English Nature website] (SSSI information)

See also

* Quarries of the Mendip Hills


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