Vallis Vale
Woodland and nature reserve in Somerset, UK
51°14′23″N 2°21′08″W / 51.23965°N 2.35234°W / 51.23965; -2.35234
Vallis Vale (grid reference ST755490) is a 23.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Great Elm in Somerset, notified in 1952.
Vallis Vale is an ancient woodland site and supports an Ash-Wych Elm stand type with a restricted distribution in Britain.
Vallis Vale exposes some of Britain's most classic rock outcrops, exhibiting several of the most easily demonstrated examples of angular unconformity available. A nationally important research and educational locality, of great renown for the part it has played in the historical development of geological science.
Sources
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 10 August 2006)
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
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Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
- Ben Knowle
- Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast
- Brean Down
- Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins
- Bruton Railway Cutting
- Cheddar Complex
- Cloford Quarry
- Cook's Wood Quarry
- Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
- Doulting Railway Cutting
- Emborough Quarries
- Glenthorne
- Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting
- Greylake
- Ham Hill
- Hobbs Quarry
- Holwell Quarries
- Hurcott Farm
- Hurcott Lane Cutting
- Lamb Leer
- Langport Railway Cutting
- Laycock Railway Cutting
- Leighton Road Cutting
- Low Ham
- Maes Down
- Maesbury Railway Cutting
- Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick
- Moon's Hill Quarry
- Priddy Caves
- Priddy Pools
- Rodney Stoke SSSI
- Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
- Seavington St Mary
- Shepton Montague Railway Cutting
- Snowdon Hill Quarry
- St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
- Thrupe Lane Swallet
- Vallis Vale
- Viaduct Quarry
- Windsor Hill Quarry
- Wookey Hole
- Wookey Station
- Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
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- Dorset
- Wiltshire
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