Kellaways – West Tytherton, River Avon SSSI, Wiltshire
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Kellaways - West Tytherton, River Avon SSSI (grid reference ST945750) is a 4.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1998.
Located 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Chippenham, this SSSI is of geological interest as the banks of the River Avon expose Callovian highly-fossiliferous sandstone which contains well-preserved bivalves, gastropods, brachiopods, belemnites and ammonites.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kellaways – West Tytherton, River Avon SSSI citation sheet" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Natural England website (SSSI information)
51°28′26″N 2°04′50″W / 51.47393°N 2.08058°W