Shellingford Crossroads Quarry
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Oxfordshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 326 941[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1986[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Shellingford Crossroads Quarry is a 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Stanford in the Vale in Oxfordshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This site exposes rocks of the Corallian Group, dating to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic, around 160 million years ago. It has many fossils of corals and reef-dwelling bivalves, and it is also important as it provides an example of the complexity of Oxfordian stratigraphy.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Shellingford Crossroads Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Map of Shellingford Crossroads Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Shellingford Crossroads (Oxfordian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 26 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Shellingford Crossroads Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2020.