Easter Park Farm Quarry

Easter Park Farm Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Gloucestershire
Area of Search	Gloucestershire
Grid reference	SO810009
Coordinates	51°42′25″N 2°16′32″W / 51.706963°N 2.27564°W / 51.706963; -2.27564Coordinates: 51°42′25″N 2°16′32″W / 51.706963°N 2.27564°W / 51.706963; -2.27564
Interest	Geological
Area	0.15 hectare
Notification	1986
Natural England website

Easter Park Farm Quarry (grid reference SO810009) is a 0.15-hectare (0.37-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986.^[1] The site is listed in the ‘Stroud District’ Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 (online for download) as an SSSI and a Regionally Important Geological Site (RIGS).^[2]

Location and geology

The site is to the south west of Minchinhampton. It is important for the study of Middle Jurassic rocks of the Bathonian Stage. The exposed limestones contain a significant collection of fossil ammonites, which support them to be dated as morrisi zone. The rocks show the character change which occurs in rocks of this age from fine grained limestone to the coarser, oolitic limestones of Minchinhamption.^[1]

The limestones also contain fossil corals, echinoids, gastropods and bivalves.^[1]

Conservation

Natural England reports in October 2011 that vegetation clearance is needed to maintain the favourability of the site.^[3]

References

SSSI Source

External links

Natural England (SSSI information)

Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire

Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

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Neighbouring areas Avon Hereford and Worcester Oxfordshire Wiltshire

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