Bowlditch Quarry
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Condition (Natural England)
| Unit | Feature | Condition | Area (ha) | Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST668558 | — | Favourable | 0.23 | 2011-07-20 |
Climate exposure
This is about exposure to a nationwide pressure this habitat type carries — not a verdict on this site's own management.
Coastal habitats are exposed to sea-level rise and storm erosion. Where hard sea defences sit behind them, there's nowhere landward to retreat to — a squeeze that keeps compressing the habitat no matter how well it's managed.
Geology & landscape
Landscape processes: Coastal
Description
Area, 0.25 ha. 0.6 ac. Description A classic site showing a remarkable attenuated and broken succession stretching from the top of the Rhaetian to the lowest Pliensbachian. This Lias section is a textbook example of the application of biostratigraphic principles. The refined Lias ammonite zonation proves the presence here of several major non sequences, but even so the Lower Lias section represented at Bowlditch is more complete than other localities in the Radstock area. The section, less than three metres in thickness, is the true equivalent of and represents the same zonal interval as, the Watchet coast section of more than200 metres.