Botany Hill
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| Botany Hill | |
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| Location | MAGiC MaP |
| Nearest town | Barnard Castle |
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| Area | 3.75 ha (9.3 acres) |
| Established | 1984 |
| Governing body | Natural England |
| Website | Botany Hill SSSI |
Botany Hill, formerly known as Botany Quarry, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England. It occupies a position on both sides of How Gill, just under 1 km north of the village of Hury, in Baldersdale.
The site is important as the type locality of the Botany Limestone,[1][2] a widespread marker horizon that is key to an understanding of the stratigraphy of the Namurian sediments of the North Pennines and Northumberland Trough. [3]
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