Smarts Quarry Explained

Smarts Quarry
Aos:	Carmarthenshire
Displaymap:	Wales Carmarthenshire
Coordinates:	51.7527°N -4.2686°W
Area:	2.6ha
Notifydate:	1987

Smarts Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated in 1987 for its geological features.^{[1] [2]}

SSSI

Smarts Quarry SSSI is located approximately east-north-east of Mynydd-y-Garreg, and covers .^{[1] [2]}

The SSSI citation for Smart Quarry specifies the importance of "abundant, bivalve produced, stellate feeding traces on a bedding surface" within the Namurian quartzite of the quarry. The citation finds such traces unique within the Namurian basal grits of South Wales and suggestive of an estuarine rather than a shoreline sedimentary deposition of the quarry stone.^[2]

See also

• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthenshire

External links

• SSSI information from Natural Resources Wales:
  • SSSI Citation
  • Your Special Site and its Future
• Maps:
  • SSSI Citation map
  • MAGIC map - DEFRA
  • NBN Gateway map - National Biodiversity Network

Notes and References

1. Web site: MAGIC Map Application. DEFRA MAGIC Map. DEFRA.
2. Web site: Site of Special Scientific Interest, Carmarthenshire, Smarts Quarry. Natural Resources Wales.