Maes Down

Maes Down
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shown within Somerset
Area of Search Somerset
Grid reference ST647406
Coordinates 51°09′49″N 2°30′22″W / 51.16355°N 2.50621°W / 51.16355; -2.50621Coordinates: 51°09′49″N 2°30′22″W / 51.16355°N 2.50621°W / 51.16355; -2.50621
Interest Geological
Area 0.2 hectares (0.0020 km2; 0.00077 sq mi)
Notification 1985 (1985)
Natural England website

Maes Down (grid reference ST647406) is a 0.2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Shepton Mallet and Stoney Stratton in Somerset, notified in 1985. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

The rocks seen at Maes Down were laid down about 190 million years ago, during the Upper Pliensbachian and Lower Toarcian Stages of the Jurassic Period of geological times, when this part of Britain lay beneath the sea.

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