Kellaways – West Tytherton, River Avon SSSI, Wiltshire

Kellaways - West Tytherton, River Avon SSSI (grid reference ST945750) is a 4.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1998.

River Avon

Located 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Chippenham, this SSSI is of geological interest as the banks of the River Avon expose Callovian highly-fossiliferous sandstone which contains well-preserved bivalves, gastropods, brachiopods, belemnites and ammonites.[1]

References
  1. "Kellaways – West Tytherton, River Avon SSSI citation sheet" (PDF). English Nature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.


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