Lamb and Flag Quarry

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 51.6745, -1.4516

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Oxfordshire County

Condition (Natural England)

Favourable (1)
UnitFeatureConditionArea (ha)Assessed
SU380974 — Favourable 0.17 2012-09-12

Description

Area, 0.16 hectares 0.39 ac Description A section through the Highworth Formation from the Pebble Bed to the Pusey Flags, overlying the Lower Calcareous Grit.Rich perisphinctid ammonite faunas, in the Trigonia bed in particular, are important in correlations of middle Oxfordian fossil faunas. A key 'Berkshire Oolite' site noteworthy for its densiplicatum Zone ammonites which are vital in any stratigraphic analysis of the complex Wiltshire Oxfordshire Corallian outcrops.