Corsham Railway Cutting
Protected area in Wiltshire, England
Corsham Railway Cutting (grid reference ST862695) is a 6.6 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1971. The site is on the south-west edge of the town of Corsham. It provides a section through coral-bearing Jurassic limestone from the Bathonian age, and a layer of clay containing brachiopod fossils.[1]
References
- ^ "Citation for Corsham Railway Cutting SSSI" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
External links
- Site summary at Natural England
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- Bratton Downs
- Charnage Down Chalk Pit
- Chilmark Quarries
- Corsham Railway Cutting
- Dead Maid Quarry
- Dinton Quarry
- Dinton Railway Cutting
- Fyfield Down
- Great Quarry, Swindon
- Gripwood Quarry
- Kellaways - West Tytherton, River Avon
- Lady Down Quarry
- The New Forest
- Okus Quarry
- Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon
- Piggledene
- 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°25′28″N 2°12′00″W / 51.42434°N 2.19987°W / 51.42434; -2.19987
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