Cowthick Quarry

Cowthick Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Northamptonshire
Grid reference SP 925 879 [1]
Interest Geological
Area 1.4 hectares[1]
Notification 1985[1]
Location map Magic Map

Cowthick Quarry is a 1.4 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Corby in Northamptonshire.[1][2]

This site exposes Middle Jurassic rocks dating to 174 to 163 million years ago, and in the view of Natural England it has "the best of most instructive sections" of the period in the Midlands. A Pleistocene fault has caused the juxtaposition of six Jurassic formations.[3]

The site is on private land with no public access. It was turned into landfill and covered over during the 2000s

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Cowthick Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Cowthick Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Cowthick Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

Coordinates: 52°28′55″N 0°38′20″W / 52.482°N 0.639°W / 52.482; -0.639

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