Botany Hill | |
Map: | United Kingdom County Durham |
Map Size: | 243 |
Relief: | 1 |
Location: | MAGiC MaP |
Nearest Town: | Barnard Castle |
Coordinates: | 54.58°N -2.0703°W |
Area Ha: | 3.75 |
Established: | 1984 |
Governing Body: | Natural England |
Website: | Botany Hill SSSI |
Botany Hill, formerly known as Botany Quarry, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England. It occupies a position on both sides of How Gill, just under 1 km north of the village of Hury, in Baldersdale.
The site is important as the type locality of the Botany Limestone,[1] [2] a widespread marker horizon that is key to an understanding of the stratigraphy of the Namurian sediments of the North Pennines and Northumberland Trough.[3]