Maesbury Railway Cutting

Maesbury Railway Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Maesbury Railway Cutting is located in Somerset
Maesbury Railway Cutting
Location within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST606475
Coordinates51°13′31″N 2°33′56″W / 51.22532°N 2.56560°W / 51.22532; -2.56560
InterestGeological
Area2 hectares (0.020 km2; 0.0077 sq mi)
Notification1995 (1995)
Natural England website

Maesbury Railway Cutting (grid reference ST606475) is a 2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between East Horrington and Gurney Slade in Somerset, notified in 1995.

It was part of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

This is a Geological Conservation Review site because it exposes approximately 135 metres of strata representing the middle and upper Lower Limestone Shales and the basal Black Rock Limestone. Both formations are of early Carboniferous (Courceyan) age.

It lies close to the Iron Age hill fort Maesbury Castle.

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