Hartcliff Rocks Quarry
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Hartcliff Rocks Quarry () is a 1.6 hectare (3.9 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near Felton,
Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...
notified in 1991. According to the citation, the site "provides exposures of
Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Year#Abbreviations yr and ya, Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 ...
Dolomitic Conglomerate unconformably overlying
Carboniferous Limestone Carboniferous Limestone is a collective term for the succession of limestones occurring widely throughout Great Britain and Ireland that were deposited during the Dinantian epoch (geology), Epoch of the Carboniferous period (geology), Period. T ...
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Natural England - SSSI information - Hartcliff Rocks Quarry
Bath and North East Somerset Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1991 Quarries in Somerset {{Somerset-geo-stub