Brinkmarsh Quarry
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Brinkmarsh Quarry is a 0.5 hectare
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire
, notified in 1974.
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire
Thornbury, South Gloucestershire
Thornbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, England, approximately 12 miles north of the city of Bristol, with a population of 12,342 at the 2001 UK census. The town hosts South Gloucestershire Council headquarters and is twinned with Bockenem in Germany. Thornbury is a Britain in Bloom...
, notified in 1974.
Source
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 9 July 2006)