| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Northamptonshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP 926 699[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.9 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1986[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
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Location of Finedon Top Lodge Quarry, a Northamptonshire SSSI.
Finedon Top Lodge Quarry, also known as Finedon Gullet (and in the 1960s documented as 'Wellingborough No. 5 Pit') is a 0.9-hectare (2.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site[3] revealing a sequence of middle Jurassic limestones, sandstones and ironstones, and is the type section for a sequence of sedimentary rocks known as the 'Wellingborough Member'. It was created by quarrying for the underlying ironstone for use at Wellingborough and Corby Steelworks; the ore was transported by the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Wellingborough Tramway.[4]
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Finedon Top Lodge Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Map of Finedon Top Lodge Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Wellingborough (Bathonian)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Quine, Dan (2016). Four East Midlands Ironstone Tramways Part Three: Wellingborough. Vol. 108. Garndolbenmaen: Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review.