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Langport Railway Cutting

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structures consistent with braided stream deposition. This site is of importance as one of the few permanently exposed localities for
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features have been recorded. As such it is of national significance and has considerable research potential.
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gravels in south Somerset and more particularly because it is the first site in Britain in which typical
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Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1992
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0.5 hectares (0.0050 km; 0.0019 sq mi)
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Site of Special Scientific Interest

Langport Railway Cutting is located in Somerset
Location
Grid reference
ST427272
Coordinates
51°02′29″N 2°49′07″W / 51.04128°N 2.81868°W / 51.04128; -2.81868
Notification
Natural England website
grid reference
ST427272
hectare
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest
Langport
Somerset
notified
Geological Conservation Review
Gravels
scour-and-fill
coldstage
Pleistocene
calcrete
English Nature citation sheet for the site
English Nature website
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Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Somerset

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