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Encyclopedia > Gripwood Quarry

Gripwood Quarry (grid reference ST822603) is a 2.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10,000 square meters, commonly used for measuring land area. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ...


Source

  • English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 22 July 2006)

External links

  • English Nature website (SSSI information)


 
Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

Bratton Downs | Charnage Down Chalk Pit | Chilmark Quarries | Corsham Railway Cutting | Dead Maid Quarry | Dinton Quarry | Dinton Railway Cutting | Fyfield Down | Great Quarry, Swindon | Gripwood Quarry | Kellaways - West Tytherton, River Avon | Lady Down Quarry | The New Forest | Okus Quarry | Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon | Piggledene | Seend Cleeve Quarry | Seend Ironstone Quarry And Road Cutting | Stanton St. Quintin Quarry & Motorway Cutting | Steeple Ashton | Stert Brook Exposure | Teffont Evias Quarry / Lane Cutting | Upper Chicksgrove Quarry | West Harnham Chalk Pit | Westbury Ironstone Quarry | Wootton Bassett Mud Spring
Neighbouring areas: Avon | Berkshire | Dorset | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Oxfordshire | Somerset Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Corsham. ...



 
 

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