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Hartcliff Rocks Quarry

Bath and North East SomersetEnglish Site of Special Scientific Interest stubsQuarries in SomersetSites of Special Scientific Interest in AvonSites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1991
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Hartcliff Rocks Quarry (grid reference ST534662) is a 1.6 hectare (3.9 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near Felton, Somerset notified in 1991. According to the citation, the site "provides exposures of Triassic Dolomitic Conglomerate unconformably overlying Carboniferous Limestone."

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