Cook's Wood Quarry
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox SSSI Cook's Wood Quarry also known as Holcombe Quarry (Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) is a Script error: No such module "convert". geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Stoke St Michael on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1988.
This is a Geological Conservation Review Site. This site partially overlaps with St. Dunstan's Well Catchment SSSI.
The main exposures are cut in very steeply-dipping Carboniferous Limestone. This was the original locality for the type section of the proposed ‘Cookswoodian Stage’.
9 species of Bat, Dormice and four species of Newts including the rare Great Crested Newt reside in Cooks Wood Quarry.[1]
Planning permission for the disused quarry has been granted to turn it into a holiday retreat.[2][3]
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External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
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