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Shepton Montague Railway Cutting

Coordinates: 51°04′58″N 2°26′59″W / 51.08285°N 2.44965°W / 51.08285; -2.44965
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Shepton Montague Railway Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shepton Montague Railway Cutting is located in Somerset
Shepton Montague Railway Cutting
Location within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST686316
Coordinates51°04′58″N 2°26′59″W / 51.08285°N 2.44965°W / 51.08285; -2.44965
InterestGeological
Area1.61 hectares (0.0161 km2; 0.0062 sq mi)
Notification1992 (1992)
Natural England website

Shepton Montague Railway Cutting (grid reference ST686316) is a 1.61 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Shepton Montague in Somerset, notified in 1992.

It, which was part of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, the section of Fuller's Earth Rock (Middle Jurassic) in England. The succession ranges from the upper part of the Lower Fuller's Earth Clay up to the Rugitela Beds.[1]

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