Kemble Railway Cuttings

{{Short description|Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England}}

{{Infobox SSSI

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|name=Kemble Railway Cuttings

|aos=Gloucestershire

|interest=Geological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|ST975976}} & {{gbmappingsmall|ST985973}} & {{gbmappingsmall|ST982989}}

|coordinates = {{coord|51.6749|-2.0224|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

|area=2.72 hectare

|notifydate=1996

|enref=2000100

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Kemble Railway Cuttings ({{gbmappingsmall|ST975976}} & {{gbmappingsmall|ST985973}} & {{gbmappingsmall|ST982989}}) is a {{convert|2.72|ha|adj=on}} geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England, notified in 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000100|title=Kemble Railway Cuttings SSSI|website=Natural England|access-date=6 October 2017}}[http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta1.htm Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 1, Sites of Special Scientific Interest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326123052/http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta1.htm |date=2012-03-26 }} The site is listed in the Cotswold District Local Plan 2001–2011 as a Regionally Important Geological Site (RIGS).[http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta3.htm Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 3, Regionally Important Geological Sites] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326122913/http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta3.htm |date=2012-03-26 }}

Location and geology

The site is a Geological Conservation Review (GCR) site, which is of significant importance regionally (south-west of England) for research on the stratigraphy of Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) rocks. The rocks exhibit the type section of the Kemble Beds, and show good examples of basal Forest Marble coral patch reefs with inter-reef sediments. The site consists of three separate units.[http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=2000100 Natural England SSSI information on the citation]

The exposures provide a vital reference section for correlating the successions of the Cirencester, Minchinhampton and Bath areas of the country. In particular, the Bradford Fossil Bed at the former Tetbury Road railway station is of historical and biostratigraphical interest.

References

SSSI Source

[http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=2000100 Natural England SSSI information on the citation]
[http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/unitlist.cfm?sssi_id=2000100 Natural England SSSI information on the Kemble Railway Cuttings units]

External links

[http://www.naturalengland.org.uk Natural England] (SSSI information)

Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire

Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1996