Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Shepton Mallet
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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  Location within Somerset | |
Location of Hobbs Quarry. | |
| Area of search | Somerset |
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| Grid reference | ST622446 |
| Coordinates | 51°11′58″N 2°32′33″W / 51.19936°N 2.54238°W |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.5 hectares (0.0050 km2; 0.0019 sq mi) |
| Notification date | 1984 |
| Natural England website | |
Hobbs Quarry (grid reference ST622446) is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1984.
This disused quarry, which now forms the back of a builders merchants yard, is a Geological Conservation Review Site which demonstrates early Jurassic transgression, with steeply-dipping Carboniferous Limestone being overlain by flatter-lying massive limestones (of early Jurassic age) known as the Downside Stone.
See also
Sources
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 22 July 2006). Archived 2006-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Natural England website (SSSI information)