Kilmersdon Road Quarry

Kilmersdon Road Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Kilmersdon Road Quarry is located in Somerset
Kilmersdon Road Quarry
Location within Somerset
Location of Kilmersdon Road Quarry.
Area of searchAvon
Grid referenceST689542
Coordinates51°17′10″N 2°26′50″W / 51.28608°N 2.44733°W / 51.28608; -2.44733
InterestGeological
Area0.43 hectares (0.0043 km2; 0.0017 sq mi)
Notification date1954 (1954)
Natural England website

Kilmersdon Road Quarry (grid reference ST689542) is a 0.43 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between the village of Haydon and the town of Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1954.

This is a key Lias locality spanning much of the Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian stages.[1]

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