Longhope Hill

Longhope Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shown within Gloucestershire
Area of Search	Gloucestershire
Grid reference	SO693185
Coordinates	51°51′53″N 2°26′47″W / 51.864681°N 2.446517°W / 51.864681; -2.446517Coordinates: 51°51′53″N 2°26′47″W / 51.864681°N 2.446517°W / 51.864681; -2.446517
Interest	Geological
Area	0.2 hectare
Notification	1989
Natural England website

Longhope Hill (grid reference SO693185) is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1989.^[1]^[2]

Location and geology

The site is in the Forest of Dean near Longhope in west Gloucestershire. The site is of particular importance for research of late Silurian rocks in the southern Welsh Borders region. The rock exposures show extensive and continuous section through the Lower and Upper Longhope Beds of the Ludfordian. These beds are overlain by Clifford's Mesne Sandstone. There are macrofaunas present and preserved marine micofloral assemblies.^[1]

References

SSSI Source

External links

Natural England (SSSI information)

Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire

Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

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Neighbouring areas Avon Hereford and Worcester Oxfordshire Wiltshire

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