Edgehills Quarry Explained

Edgehills Quarry
Aos:	Gloucestershire
Interest:	Geological
Coordinates:	51.8483°N -2.4943°W
Area:	0.4 hectare
Notifydate:	1974
Enref:	1001472

Edgehills Quarry is a 0.4ha geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.^{[1] [2]}

The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).^[3]

Location and geology

The quarry is sited in the Forest of Dean and provides an easily accessible exposure through c.75 metres of Drybrook Sandstone. The sandstones include good sedimentary structures and fossil traces which indicate a shallow marine environment. The Drybrook Sandstone lies between the Chadian Whitehead Limestone and the overlying unconformable CoalMeasures.^[1]

The Quarry is near other similar sites and nature reserves being Merring Meend, Westbury Brook Pond, Fairplay Iron Mine and Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry.^[4]

SSSI Source

• Natural England SSSI information on the citation
• Natural England SSSI information on the Edgehills Quarry unit

External links

• Natural England (SSSI information)

Notes and References

1. http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1001472 Natural England SSSI information on the citation
2. http://www.fdean.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=6464&tt=graphic Forest of Dean District Local Plan Review, adopted November 2005, Appendix D 'Nature Conservation Site Designations Within the Forest of Dean District', Sites of Special Scientific Interest
3. http://www.fdean.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=6464&tt=graphic Forest of Dean District Local Plan Review, adopted November 2005, Appendix D 'Nature Conservation Site Designations Within the Forest of Dean District', Key Wildlife Sites
4. Kelham, A, Sanderson, J, Doe, J, Edgeley-Smith, M, et al., 1979, 1990, 2002 editions, 'Nature Reserves of the Gloucestershire Trust for Nature Conservation/Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust'