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Glenthorne
Site of Special Scientific Interest
	Location within Somerset
Location	Somerset & Devon
Grid reference	SS800497
Coordinates	51°14′02″N 3°43′13″W / 51.23383°N 3.72018°W
Interest	Geological
Area	13.3 hectares (0.133 km2; 0.051 sq mi)
Notification	1989
	Natural England website

Glenthorne (grid reference SS800497) is a 13.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the parish of Oare within the Exmoor National Park, on the border of Somerset and Devon, notified in 1989.

Glenthorne is a Geological Conservation Review site because of the Trentishoe Formation of the Hangman Sandstone Group. The Hangman Sandstone represents the Middle Devonian sequence of North Devon and Somerset.^[1] These are unusual freshwater deposits in the Hangman Grits, which were mainly formed in desert conditions.^[2]

References

^ English Nature web side for the site Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Geology". Exmoor National Park. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.

External links

English Nature website (SSSI information)

[1] English Nature web side for the site Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Geology". Exmoor National Park. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.

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