Horsehay Quarries Explained

Horsehay Quarries
Aos:Oxfordshire
Interest:Geological
Area:8.4ha
Notifydate:1987
Map: Magic Map

Horsehay Quarries is a 8.4abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Bicester in Oxfordshire.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

These quarries expose rocks dating to the Middle Jurassic period. The sequence runs from the Northampton Sand Formation of the Aalenian about 172 million years ago to the Taynton Limestone Formation of the Middle Bathonian around 167 million years ago.[4]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

51.941°N -1.338°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Horsehay Quarries . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Map of Horsehay Quarries. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Horsehay Quarry (Bathonian) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 26 February 2020 .
  4. Web site: Horsehay Quarries citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 April 2020.

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