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Lulsgate Quarry

Coordinates: 51°23′24″N 2°41′49″W / 51.39007°N 2.69698°W / 51.39007; -2.69698
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Lulsgate Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Lulsgate Quarry is located in Somerset
Lulsgate Quarry
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST516659
Coordinates51°23′24″N 2°41′49″W / 51.39007°N 2.69698°W / 51.39007; -2.69698
InterestGeological
Area1.13 hectares (2.8 acres)
Notification1997 (1997)
Natural England website

Lulsgate Quarry (grid reference ST516659) is a 2¾ acre (1.13 hectare) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Felton, North Somerset, notified in 1997.

The site has an excellent exposure of an irregular unconformity surface lying between inclined Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian) Black Rock limestones and flat-bedded Upper Triassic (Rhaetian) strata.[1]

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