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Bruton railway cutting

Coordinates: 51°06′42″N 2°26′49″W / 51.11164°N 2.44707°W / 51.11164; -2.44707
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Bruton Railway Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Bruton railway cutting is located in Somerset
Bruton railway cutting
Location within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST688348
Coordinates51°06′42″N 2°26′49″W / 51.11164°N 2.44707°W / 51.11164; -2.44707
InterestGeological
Area1.7 hectares (0.017 km2; 0.0066 sq mi)
Notification1971 (1971)
Natural England website

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

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]

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