:Smarts Quarry
{{Short description|Protected area in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|aos=Carmarthenshire
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|coordinates = {{coord|51.75269|-4.26863|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|area={{convert|2.6|ha|km2 sqmi|sigfig=4}}
|notifydate=1987
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Smarts Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated in 1987 for its geological features.{{cite web| url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?chosenLayers=sssiwalPIndex,sssiwalIndex,backdropDIndex,backdropIndex,europeIndex,vmlBWIndex,25kBWIndex,50kBWIndex,250kBWIndex,miniscaleBWIndex,baseIndex&box=242312:208034:244192:209059&useDefaultbackgroundMapping=false|title=MAGIC Map Application|website=DEFRA MAGIC Map|publisher=DEFRA}}{{cite web|title=Site of Special Scientific Interest, Carmarthenshire, Smarts Quarry|url=https://naturalresources.wales/media/677232/sssi_0303_citation_en001.pdf|publisher=Natural Resources Wales}}
SSSI
Smarts Quarry SSSI is located approximately {{convert|0.5|mi}} east-north-east of Mynydd-y-Garreg, and covers {{convert|2.6|ha}}.
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.
See also
References
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External links
- SSSI information from Natural Resources Wales:
- [https://naturalresources.wales/media/677232/sssi_0303_citation_en001.pdf SSSI Citation]
- [https://naturalresources.wales/media/677237/sssi_0303_sms_en001.pdf Your Special Site and its Future]
- Maps:
- [https://naturalresources.wales/media/677233/sssi_0303_map001.pdf SSSI Citation map]
- [http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?chosenLayers=sssiwalPIndex,sssiwalIndex,backdropDIndex,backdropIndex,europeIndex,vmlBWIndex,25kBWIndex,50kBWIndex,250kBWIndex,miniscaleBWIndex,baseIndex&box=242312:208034:244192:209059&useDefaultbackgroundMapping=false MAGIC map] - DEFRA
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160512193019/https://data.nbn.org.uk/imt/?boundary=GA000338#0-4.296,51.744,-4.244,51.762!4L9,ha3KU!4KT,9h6w/ NBN Gateway map] - National Biodiversity Network
Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr