Cowthick Quarry
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Northamptonshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP 925 879[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 1.4 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1985[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Cowthick Quarry is a 1.4-hectare (3.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Corby in Northamptonshire.[1][2]
This site exposes Middle Jurassic rocks dating to 174 to 163 million years ago and, in the view of Natural England, it has "the best of most instructive sections" of the period in the Midlands. A Pleistocene fault has caused the juxtaposition of six Jurassic formations.[3]
The site is on private land with no public access. It was turned into landfill and covered over during the 2000s.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Cowthick Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Map of Cowthick Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Cowthick Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.