Ardley Cutting and Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Oxfordshire |
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Grid reference | SP 535 272[1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 40.1 hectares (99 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1988[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Ardley Cutting and Quarry is a 40.1-hectare (99-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Bicester in Oxfordshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site[3] and an area of 11 hectares (27 acres) is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust as Ardley Wood Quarry.[4] The site contains a Scheduled Monument, Ardley Wood moated ringwork, a Norman defended enclosure.[5]
The quarry and railway cutting exposes rocks dating to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic, about 167 million years ago. It is described by Natural England as of national importance for the understanding of the Jurassic Period in Britain as it allows correlation of rocks of the Oxford area to be correlated with those of the Midlands. The site has calcareous grassland with diverse vertebrates, including the internationally protected great crested newt.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Ardley Cutting and Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Map of Ardley Cutting and Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Ardley Cuttings & Quarries (Bathonian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 26 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ardley Wood Quarry". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Ardley Wood moated ringwork (1015554)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Ardley Cutting and Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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- Alvescot Meadows
- Appleton Lower Common
- Ardley Cutting and Quarry
- Arncott Bridge Meadows
- Ashdown Park
- Aston Rowant
- Aston Rowant Woods
- Aston Upthorpe Downs
- Barrow Farm Fen
- Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods
- Berins Hill Bank
- Berrick Trench
- Bestmoor
- Bix Bottom
- Blenheim Park
- Bould Wood
- Brasenose Wood and Shotover Hill
- Buckland Warren
- Cassington Meadows
- Chimney Meadows
- Chinnor Hill
- Cothill Fen
- Culham Brake
- Dry Sandford Pit
- Ducklington Mead
- Fernham Meadows
- Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens
- Glyme Valley
- Grafton Lock Meadow
- Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs
- Harpsden Wood
- Hartslock
- Holly Court Bank
- Holly Wood
- Holton Wood
- Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds
- Hook Norton Cutting and Banks
- Hurst Hill
- Iffley Meadows
- Knightsbridge Lane
- Lambridge Wood
- Langley's Lane Meadow
- Little Tew Meadows
- Little Wittenham
- Lye Valley
- Middle Barton Fen
- Moulsford Downs
- Murcott Meadows
- New Marston Meadows
- Otmoor
- Out Wood
- Pishill Woods
- Pixey and Yarnton Meads
- Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common and Green
- Reed Hill
- Rushy Meadows
- Salt Way, Ditchley
- Sarsgrove Wood
- Sheep's Banks
- Shirburn Hill
- Sidling's Copse and College Pond
- Spartum Fen
- Stanton Great Wood
- Stonesfield Common, Bottoms and Banks
- Sturt Copse
- Swyncombe Downs
- Tuckmill Meadows
- Warren Bank
- Waterperry Wood
- Watlington and Pyrton Hills
- Wendlebury Meads and Mansmoor Closes
- Weston Fen
- Westwell Gorse
- Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods
- Whitehill Wood
- Whitehorse Hill
- Wolvercote Meadows
- Woodeaton Wood
- Wormsley Chalk Banks
- Worsham Lane
- Wychwood
- Wytham Ditches and Flushes
- Wytham Woods
- Ardley Cutting and Quarry
- Ardley Trackways
- Aston Rowant Cutting
- Chinnor Chalk Pit
- Cothill Fen
- Cumnor
- Ditchley Road Quarry
- Dry Sandford Pit
- Highlands Farm Pit
- Hook Norton Cutting and Banks
- Horsehay Quarries
- Hurst Hill
- Kirtlington Quarry
- Lamb and Flag Quarry
- Littlemore Railway Cutting
- Littleworth Brick Pit
- Long Hanborough Gravel Pit
- Lyehill Quarry
- Magdalen Grove
- Magdalen Quarry
- Neithrop Fields Cutting
- Priest's Hill
- Rock Edge
- Sharp's Hill Quarry
- Shellingford Crossroads Quarry
- Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries
- Stanton Harcourt
- Stonesfield Slate Mines
- Stratton Audley Quarries
- Sugworth
- Taynton Quarries
- Whitehorse Hill
- Wicklesham and Coxwell Pits
- Woodeaton Quarry