Seend Cleeve Quarry

Seend Cleeve Quarry (grid reference ST933609) is a 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Seend Cleeve, Wiltshire, England, notified in 1987.[1] It is important for its strata from the Oxfordian stage of the Jurassic period, containing fossil ammonites and bivalves which aid stratigraphy.[2]

The site was an iron ore quarry between the middle of the 19th century and the 1960s, and in the 19th century Seend Iron Works was nearby.[3][4][5] None of these facilities have been preserved; the site is now pasture.

  1. ^ "Seend Cleeve Quarry SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Citation for Seend Cleeve Quarry SSSI" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Seend". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ^ Chettle, H. F.; Powell, W. R.; Spalding, P. A.; Tillott, P. M. (1953). "Parishes: Melksham". In Pugh, R. B.; Crittall, Elizabeth (eds.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 7. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 91–121. Retrieved 5 February 2023 – via British History Online.
  5. ^ "Ordnance Survey six-inch map: Wiltshire Sheet XXXIII". National Library of Scotland. 1888. Retrieved 5 February 2023.