Richmond Walk

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 50.3691, -4.1664

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Devon County

Condition (Natural England)

Unfavourable No Change (1)
UnitFeatureConditionArea (ha)Assessed
SX459543 — Unfavourable No Change 0.21 2012-01-30

Geology & landscape

Geological Period: Devonian

Description

Richmond Walk SSSI Description This site exposes a good section through fossiliferous Devonian limestones notable for their coral and conodont faunas, of mid-late Givetian age. This site is of importance in interpreting the changing palaeoecology of the area in mid-Devonian times. Richmond Walk illustrates the transition from black argillaceous limestones to massive, grey stomatoporoid limestones, indicating a shallowing of the sea locally during the Givetian.