Thrapston Station Quarry Explained

Thrapston Station Quarry
Aos:	Northamptonshire
Interest:	Geological
Area:	4.5 hectares
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Thrapston Station Quarry is a 4.5hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Thrapston in Northamptonshire.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3] It was formerly called the Thrapston Midland Railway Station Quarry.

This site has the most important remaining Middle Jurassic Cornbrash geological section in the Midlands. It is the type site for the Bathonian Blisworth Clay section, dating to 168 to 166 million years ago, and it has the only complete exposure of this section. Diagnostic ammonites have helped to date the site, which has also yielded important Bryozoan fossils.^{[4] [5]}

The site is on private land with no public access.

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52.388°N -0.533°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Thrapston Station Quarry . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 February 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Thrapston Station Quarry. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 February 2017.
3. Web site: Thrapston (Bathonian) . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 18 December 2016.
4. Web site: Thrapston Station Quarry citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 February 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222054215/https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003829.pdf. 22 February 2017.
5. Web site: Blisworth Clay Formation. The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details. British Geological Survey. 20 August 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170820151526/http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=BWC. 20 August 2017.