Seend Cleeve Quarry Explained

Seend Cleeve Quarry is a 7.5acres Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Seend Cleeve, Wiltshire, England, notified in 1987.^[1] It is important for its strata from the Oxfordian stage of the Jurassic period, containing fossil ammonites and bivalves which aid stratigraphy.^[2]

The site was an iron ore quarry between the middle of the 19th century and the 1960s, and in the 19th century Seend Iron Works was nearby.^{[3] [4] [5]} None of these facilities have been preserved; the site is now pasture.

See also

• Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting – another SSSI nearby

External links

• MAGiC map of the SSSI

51.3471°N -2.0976°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seend Cleeve Quarry SSSI . 5 February 2023 . Natural England.
2. Web site: Citation for Seend Cleeve Quarry SSSI . 5 February 2023 . Natural England.
3. Web site: Seend . 5 February 2023 . Wiltshire Community History . Wiltshire Council.
4. Book: A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 7 . . Parishes: Melksham . 91–121 . R. B. . Pugh . Ralph Pugh . Elizabeth . Crittall . H. F. . Chettle . W. R. . Powell . P. A. . Spalding . P. M. . Tillott . 1953 . British History Online . University of London . 5 February 2023.
5. Web site: Ordnance Survey six-inch map: Wiltshire Sheet XXXIII . National Library of Scotland . 1888 . 5 February 2023.