Jackdaw Quarry

Jackdaw Quarry (grid reference SP077309) is a 4.78-hectare (11.8-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985.[1][2]

Jackdaw Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Gloucestershire
Area of SearchGloucestershire
Grid referenceSP077309
Coordinates51.976963°N 1.88858°W / 51.976963; -1.88858
InterestGeological
Area4.78 hectare
Notification1985
Natural England website

Location and geology

The site is in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the north of the county. It provides significant exposures of a succession in the Inferior Oolite strata of the Middle Jurassic time interval. These exhibit characteristics unique to the north Cotswolds. They span the Junction between the Aalenian and Bajocian Stages.[1]

The evidence shows that the site lay within an extensive area called the Moreton Swell. This was uplifted in early Bajocian times. The site is important for geological research, and of significant value in reconstruction of the geography of the Middle Jurassic time period.[1]

References
  1. Natural England SSSI information on the citation
  2. Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011, adopted March 2006, Appendix 3 'Nature Conservation', Sites of Special Scientific Interest

SSSI Source
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