Bowlditch Quarry

Bowlditch Quarry (grid reference ST668558) is a 0.25 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Clandown, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1952.

Bowlditch Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Area of SearchAvon
Grid referenceST668558
Coordinates51.30035°N 2.47759°W / 51.30035; -2.47759
InterestGeological
Area0.6 acres (0.0024 km2; 0.00094 sq mi)
Notification1952 (1952)
Natural England website

The site provides a remarkable attenuated and broken succession stretching from the top of the Rhaetian to the lowest Pliensbachian periods. This Lias section provides a good example of biostratigraphic principles.[1]

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