Buckover Road Cutting

Buckover Road Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Gloucestershire
Area of Search Avon
Grid reference ST665906
Coordinates 51°36′48″N 2°28′59″W / 51.613215°N 2.483144°W / 51.613215; -2.483144Coordinates: 51°36′48″N 2°28′59″W / 51.613215°N 2.483144°W / 51.613215; -2.483144
Interest Geological
Area 1.7 hectares (4.2 acres)
Notification 1967 (1967)
Natural England website

Buckover Road Cutting (grid reference ST665906) is a 1.7 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1967.

The site shows an unconformity between Silurian rocks and quartz conglomerate of the Devonian period.[1]

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