Trimdon Limestone Quarry
| Trimdon Limestone Quarry | |
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| Location | MAGiC MaP |
| Nearest town | Ferryhill Sedgefield |
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| Area | 0.8 ha (2.0 acres) |
| Established | 1992 |
| Governing body | Natural England |
| Website | Trimdon Limestone Quarry SSSI |
Trimdon Limestone Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies about 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) west of the village of Trimdon Grange and about 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) east of the village of Coxhoe.[1]
The site is an abandoned quarry and exposed to a section of the Ford Formation of Late Permian magnesian limestone. The site is nationally important for an interpretation of the geological history of the Ford Formation carbonates. [2]
The abandoned quarry workings include an area of floristically-rich magnesian limestone grassland, a habitat which is nationally scarce in Britain, with only an estimated 270 hectares (670 acres) remaining.[2]
The site is part of a larger area that is managed by the Durham Wildlife Trust as the Trimdon Grange Quarry nature reserve. [3]
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