Viaduct Quarry

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}

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Viaduct Quarry ({{gbmapping|ST621443}}) is a 0.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1984.

This disused quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site identified as the best exposed and thickest section in the Downside Stone, a localised limestone development which accumulated adjacent to the Lower Jurassic Mendip Island.

See also

Sources

  • [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000040.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site] (accessed 9 August 2006)