Robin's Wood Hill Quarry

Robin's Wood Hill Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
View - Top of Robinswood Hill (Robin's Wood Hill)
Location within Gloucestershire
Area of Search	Gloucestershire
Grid reference	SO836148
Coordinates	51°49′55″N 2°14′19″W / 51.83202°N 2.238673°W / 51.83202; -2.238673Coordinates: 51°49′55″N 2°14′19″W / 51.83202°N 2.238673°W / 51.83202; -2.238673
Interest	Geological
Area	1.67 hectare
Notification	1966
Natural England website

Robin's Wood Hill Quarry (grid reference SO836148) is a 1.67-hectare (4.1-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, on Robinswood Hill, notified in 1966.^[1]

Location and geology

The quarry is managed by the Gloucester City Council and is part of the Robinswood Hill Country Park. This site contains a significant inland section of Lower Jurassic, Middle Lias strata. There is a complete section of the Upper Pliensbachian Stage. The site has been the centre of research for some time, and particularly its diverse faunas, which have hield some fifty-four species of fossil molluscs.^[1]

There is significant contrast from the silty nature of the Middle Lias, Marlstone Rock bed with the Junction Bed of the coast of Dorset and the Midlands ironstones. This contributes significantly to the reconstruction of the geography and the environment of the early Jurassic period.^[1]

Conservation

Natural England reports in its assessment of August 2011 that the feral goats (introduced in 2005) are controlling the vegetation levels satisfactorily.^[2]

References

SSSI Source

External links

Natural England (SSSI information)

Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire

Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

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Neighbouring areas Avon Hereford and Worcester Oxfordshire Wiltshire

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