Littlemore_Railway_Cutting

Littlemore Railway Cutting

Littlemore Railway Cutting

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Littlemore Railway Cutting is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Oxford in Oxfordshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

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The cutting exposes limestone and clay laid down in mid-Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic, around 160 million years ago. The deposit is part of the Stanford Formation, and the clay appears to have been deposited in a channel between coral reefs which then covered the Oxford area.[4][5]

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  1. [1]
    "Designated Sites View: Littlemore Railway Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Map of Littlemore Railway Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Littlemore (Oxfordian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 26 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    "Littlemore Railway Cutting citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Stanford Formation". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

51.721°N 1.234°W / 51.721; -1.234
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