- Maesbury Railway Cutting
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Maesbury Railway Cutting Site of Special Scientific Interest 
Shown within SomersetArea of Search Somerset Grid reference ST606475 Coordinates 51°13′31″N 2°33′56″W / 51.22532°N 2.56560°WCoordinates: 51°13′31″N 2°33′56″W / 51.22532°N 2.56560°W Interest Geological Area 2 hectares (0.020 km2; 0.0077 sq mi) Notification 1995 Natural England website Maesbury Railway Cutting (grid reference ST606475) is a 2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between East Horrington and Gurney Slade in Somerset, notified in 1995.
It was part of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.
This is a Geological Conservation Review site because it exposes approximately 135 metres of strata representing the middle and upper Lower Limestone Shales and the basal Black Rock Limestone. Both formations are of early Carboniferous (Courceyan) age.
It lies close to the Iron Age hill fort Maesbury Castle.
Sources
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 10 August 2006)
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
Summary SSSIs Ben Knowle · Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast · Brean Down · Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins · Bruton Railway Cutting · Cheddar Complex · Cloford Quarry · Cook's Wood Quarry · Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill · Doulting Railway Cutting · Emborough Quarries · Glenthorne · Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting · Greylake · Ham Hill · Hobbs Quarry · Holwell Quarries · Hurcott Farm · Hurcott Lane Cutting · Lamb Leer · Langport Railway Cutting · Laycock Railway Cutting · Leighton Road Cutting · Low Ham · Maes Down · Maesbury Railway Cutting · Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick · Moon's Hill Quarry · Priddy Caves · Priddy Pools · Rodney Stoke SSSI · Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot · Seavington St Mary · Shepton Montague Railway Cutting · Snowdon Hill Quarry · St. Dunstan's Well Catchment · Thrupe Lane Swallet · Vallis Vale · Viaduct Quarry · Windsor Hill Quarry · Wookey Hole · Wookey Station · Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
Neighbouring areas Avon · Devon · Dorset · Wiltshire
Categories:- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1995
- Railway cuttings in the United Kingdom
- Rail transport in Somerset
- Geology of Somerset
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