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Windsor Hill Quarry

Coordinates: 51°12′14″N 2°33′09″W / 51.20381°N 2.55246°W / 51.20381; -2.55246
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Windsor Hill Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Windsor Hill Quarry is located in Somerset
Windsor Hill Quarry
Location within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST615451
Coordinates51°12′14″N 2°33′09″W / 51.20381°N 2.55246°W / 51.20381; -2.55246
InterestGeological
Area0.8 hectares (0.0080 km2; 0.0031 sq mi)
Notification1971 (1971)
Natural England website

Windsor Hill Quarry (grid reference ST615451) is a 0.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, adjacent to the Windsor Hill Marsh biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It was notified in 1971.

It is a Geological Conservation Review site for vertebrate studies in which examples of the tritylodont Oligokyphus were identified.[1]

The disused quarry was connected to the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway until 1957 when the sidings were removed.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "English Nature citation sheet" (PDF). 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2006.
  2. ^ Atthill, Robin (1964). Old Mendip. Newton Abbott: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5171-0.
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