Bowlditch Quarry Explained

Bowlditch Quarry
Aos:Avon
Interest:Geological
Coordinates:51.3004°N -2.4776°W
Displaymap:Somerset
Area:0.6acres
Enref:1000841

Bowlditch Quarry is a 0.25 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Clandown, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1952.

The site provides a remarkable attenuated and broken succession stretching from the top of the Rhaetian to the lowest Pliensbachian periods. This Lias section provides a good example of biostratigraphic principles.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000841.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site