Cold Ash Quarry

Cold Ash Quarry is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) based in Cold Ash in Berkshire.[1]

Geography

The site is 0.43 hectares in size.[2] The quarry is unique in Britain for the collection of fossil plants and insects which occur in a layer of silt and clay within the Reading Beds. The fossils date to about 60 million years ago. The fossil flora consists of well-preserved angiosperm leaves, in some of these fossils there is evidence of the activity of contemporary leaf-miner insects. This is the only location in Britain at which fossil leaf-miner activity have been discovered.[3]

History

In 1984 the site was designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  2. ↑ "Cold Ash Quarry SSSI". Natural england. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  3. 1 2 "SITE NAME: COLD ASH QUARRY" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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