Doulting Railway Cutting

Doulting Railway Cutting (grid reference ST648424) is a 2.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1971.

Doulting Railway Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Doulting Railway Cutting is located in Somerset
Doulting Railway Cutting
Location within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST648424
Coordinates51.17974°N 2.50496°W / 51.17974; -2.50496
InterestGeological
Area2.8 hectares (0.028 km2; 0.011 sq mi)
Notification1971 (1971)
Natural England website

The cutting was made in the 1850s for the East Somerset Railway which still runs steam trains through the cutting today.

It shows rocks of the Middle Jurassic period including both the Inferior Oolite/Great Oolite Junction and the Bajocian-Bathonian stage boundary.

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