Quarry Steps, Durdham Down

Quarry Steps, Durdham Down
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Avon
Grid reference ST573747
Interest Geological
Area 0.006 hectare
Notification 1990
Location map English Nature

Quarry Steps, Durdham Down (grid reference ST573747) is a 0.006 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Durdham Down in Bristol, notified in 1990.

It was in this area that the first Thecodontosaurus fossil was discovered in 1834.


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Coordinates: 51°28′11″N 2°36′58″W / 51.46965°N 2.61613°W / 51.46965; -2.61613

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