Hobbs Quarry SSSI (Shepton Mallet)
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Hobbs Quarry
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| location | Shepton Mallet , Somerset , England , United Kingdom | |
| surface | 0.5 ha | |
| Identifier | 1002326 | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 12 ' N , 2 ° 33' W | |
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| Setup date | 1984 | |
Hobbs Quarry is a former quarry , a 0.5 hectare large geologically important site of special scientific interest in Shepton Mallet in the Mendip Hills in Somerset , Posted 1984th
The abandoned quarry, located in the back of a construction company's depot, is a place where the transgression in the early Jurassic is evident. Steeply sloping carbon limestone is overlaid by flat-lying solid limestone known as the downside stone.