Hobbs Quarry | |
Aos: | Somerset |
Interest: | Geological |
Coordinates: | 51.1994°N -2.5424°W |
Displaymap: | Somerset |
Area: | 0.5ha |
Enref: | 1002326 |
Hobbs Quarry is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1984.
This disused quarry, which now forms the back of a builders merchants yard, is a Geological Conservation Review Site which demonstrates early Jurassic transgression, with steeply-dipping Carboniferous Limestone being overlain by flatter-lying massive limestones (of early Jurassic age) known as the Downside Stone.