Dinton Quarry
Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
Dinton Quarry (grid reference SU006308) is a 3,000 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1990. This long-disused quarry of Middle Purbeck limestone was the main source of the late Jurassic fossil insects described by Brodie in 1845.
Sources
- Natural England citation sheet for the site (accessed 24 March 2022)
External links
- Natural England (SSSI information)
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- Bratton Downs
- Charnage Down Chalk Pit
- Chilmark Quarries
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- Dead Maid Quarry
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- Dinton Railway Cutting
- Fyfield Down
- Great Quarry, Swindon
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- Kellaways - West Tytherton, River Avon
- Lady Down Quarry
- The New Forest
- Okus Quarry
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- Seend Cleeve Quarry
- Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting
- Stanton St. Quintin Quarry & Motorway Cutting
- Steeple Ashton
- Stert Brook Exposure
- Teffont Evias Quarry and Lane Cutting
- Upper Chicksgrove Quarry
- West Harnham Chalk Pit
- Westbury Ironstone Quarry
- Wootton Bassett Mud Spring
- Neighbouring areas: Avon
- Berkshire
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Oxfordshire
- Somerset
51°04′35″N 1°59′34″W / 51.07652°N 1.99281°W / 51.07652; -1.99281
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