Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Shepton Mallet explained

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.

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