Kimberley Railway Cutting

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 53.0018, -1.2549

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Nottinghamshire County

Condition (Natural England)

Favourable (1) Unfavourable Recovering (1)
UnitFeatureConditionArea (ha)Assessed
SK500451 — Favourable 2.98 2012-03-06
SK506454 — Unfavourable Recovering 2.39 2010-10-29

Geology & landscape

Geological Period: Permian

Description

Area,5.0 hectares 12.3 ac Description A key palaeobotanical locality yielding a distinctive Permian flora. Dominated by its common conifer remains this flora is also remarkable for the rare specimens of the pteridosperm Lepidopteris martinsii. A nationally important locality for its Permian gymnosperm floras, particularly representative of the predominantly Mesozoic Peltaspermaceae.