Robin's Wood Hill Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire
51°49′55″N 2°14′19″W / 51.83202°N 2.238673°W / 51.83202; -2.238673
Robin's Wood Hill Quarry (grid reference SO836148) is a 1.67-hectare (4.1-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, on Robinswood Hill, notified in 1966.[1]
Location and geology
The quarry is managed by Gloucester City Council and is part of Robinswood Hill Country Park. This site contains a significant inland section of Lower Jurassic, Middle Lias strata. There is a complete section of the Upper Pliensbachian Stage. The site has been the centre of research for some time, and particularly its diverse faunas, which have hield some fifty-four species of fossil molluscs.[1]
There is significant contrast from the silty nature of the Middle Lias, Marlstone Rock bed with the Junction Bed of the coast of Dorset and the Midlands ironstones. This contributes significantly to the reconstruction of the geography and the environment of the early Jurassic period.[1]
Conservation
Natural England reports in its assessment of August 2011 that the feral goats (introduced in 2005) are controlling the vegetation levels satisfactorily.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Natural England SSSI information on the citation
- ^ Natural England SSSI information on the Robin's Wood Hill Quarry unit
SSSI Source
- Natural England SSSI information on the citation
- Natural England SSSI information on the Robin's Wood Hill Quarry unit
External links
- Natural England (SSSI information)
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Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire
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- Bull Cross, The Frith and Juniper Hill
- Campden Tunnel Gravel Pit
- Cleeve Common
- Coaley Wood Quarries
- Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake
- Easter Park Farm Quarry
- Edgehills Quarry
- Foss Cross Quarry
- Garden Cliff
- Hampen Railway Cutting
- Haresfield Beacon
- Harford Railway Cutting
- Hobbs Quarry
- Hornsleasow Quarry
- Huntsman's Quarry
- Jackdaw Quarry
- Kemble Railway Cuttings
- Knap House Quarry, Birdlip
- Land Grove Quarry, Mitcheldean
- Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common
- Longhope Hill
- Lower Woods
- Lower Wye Gorge
- Lydney Cliff
- May Hill
- Meezy Hurst
- Minchinhampton Common
- New Park Quarry
- Nibley Knoll
- Notgrove Railway Cutting
- Oakenhill Railway Cutting
- Puddlebrook Quarry
- River Wye
- Robin's Wood Hill Quarry
- Rodborough Common
- Salmonsbury Meadows
- Scully Grove Quarry
- Severn Estuary
- Slade Brook
- Stenders Quarry
- Stony Furlong Railway Cutting
- Swift's Hill
- Upper Severn Estuary
- The Malvern Hills
- Purton Passage
- Selsley Common
- Upper Wye Gorge
- Veizey's Quarry
- Wainlode Cliff
- Wellacre Quarry
- Wood Green Quarry & Railway Cutting
- Wotton Hill
- Neighbouring areas
- Avon
- Herefordshire
- Oxfordshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
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