Area of Search Avon Interest Geological Location map English Nature | Grid reference ST771873 Area 0.25 ha (0.62 acres) Notification 1967 | |
Hawkesbury Quarry (grid reference ST771873) is a 0.25-hectare (0.62-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Hawkesbury Upton, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1967.
The site is notable for containing both the oolitic limestone of the northern Cotswolds, and the fossil-bearing limestone found further south.
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