Bruton railway cutting

Bruton Railway Cutting is a 1.7 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bruton in Somerset, notified in 1971.

Bruton Railway Cutting

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Location	Somerset
Grid reference	ST688348
Coordinates	51°06′42″N 2°26′49″W / 51.11164°N 2.44707°W / 51.11164; -2.44707
Interest	Geological
Area	1.7 hectares (0.017 km^2; 0.0066 sq mi)
Notification	1971 (1971)
Natural England website

The geology exposed in the area near Bruton station (which opened in 1856 on what is now the Heart of Wessex Line) is from the Bathonian epoch of the Middle Jurassic. The citation for the site describes it as one of the best places in England to demonstrate the stratigraphic distinction of ammonites in the subcontractus zone and the morrisi zone.^[1]

See also

• Wookey Station
• Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting

References

1. English Nature citation sheet for the site 10 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 7 August 2006)

External links

• (SSSI information)