Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
![]() | |
Location | Northamptonshire |
---|---|
Grid reference | SP 716 530[1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.0 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1986[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry is a 1.0-hectare (2.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Blisworth in Northamptonshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This site exposes White Limestone dating to the Middle Jurassic Bathonian stage, around 165 million years ago. Common fossils are brachiopods, corals and gastropods, and there are also nautiloids and vertebrate teeth.[4]
The site is on private land with no public access.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Map of Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Blisworth Rectory Farm (Bathonian)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry.
52°10′16″N 0°57′14″W / 52.171°N 0.954°W / 52.171; -0.954
- v
- t
- e
- Alder Wood and Meadow
- Aldwincle Marsh
- Ashton Wold
- Badby Wood
- Badsaddle, Withmale Park and Bush Walk Woods
- Banhaw, Spring and Blackthorn's Woods
- Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh
- Bosworth Mill Meadow
- Bozeat Meadow
- Bucknell Wood Meadows
- Bugbrooke Meadows
- Bulwick Meadows
- Calender Meadows
- Collyweston Great Wood and Easton Hornstocks
- Collyweston Quarries
- Coombe Hill Hollow
- Dungee Corner Meadow
- Everdon Stubbs
- Geddington Chase
- Glapthorn Cow Pasture
- Hardwick Lodge Meadow
- Helmdon Disused Railway
- High Wood and Meadow
- King's Cliffe Banks
- Mantles Heath
- Mill Crook
- Old Sulehay Forest
- Pipewell Woods
- Pitsford Reservoir
- Plumpton Pasture
- Racecourse Farm Fields
- Ramsden Corner Plantation
- River Ise and Meadows
- Salcey Forest
- Short Wood
- Southfield Farm Marsh
- Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods
- Sudborough Green Lodge Meadows
- Syresham Marshy Meadows
- Titchmarsh Meadow
- Twywell Gullet
- Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits
- Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow
- Wakerley Spinney
- Weldon Park
- Whittlewood Forest
- Wollaston Meadows
- Yardley Chase