Huntsman's Quarry
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Condition (Natural England)
| Unit | Feature | Condition | Area (ha) | Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP124259 | — | Favourable | 1.6 | 2011-08-10 |
Geology & landscape
Mining / Industrial: Quarry · Rock Type: Slate
Description
Area, 1.6 ha. 3.95 ac. Description Huntsman’s Quarry provides the most significant exposures of the 'Cotswolds Slate' facies Progracilis Zone, Middle Bathonian of the Middle Jurrassic in Gloucestershire. The' Cotswold Slates' of this area have, over the last 150 years, yielded a rich and diverse fauna and flora which has included particularly fine remains of reptiles including turtles, crocodiles, dinosaurs and pterosaurs as well as fish, starfish, barnacles, insects and many bivalves. They have also yielded a number of ammonites, of great biostratigraphical importance and on which the Progracilis Zone was in part established. Huntsman’s Quarry has great potential both for the discoveries of further fossils and for research into the sediments and environment of this area during the mid Jurrassic.