Doulting Railway Cutting facts for kids
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Area of Search | Somerset |
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| Coordinates | 51°10′47″N 2°30′18″W / 51.17974°N 2.50496°W |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 2.8 hectares (0.028 km2; 0.011 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1971 |
Doulting Railway Cutting is a 2.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1971.
The cutting was made in the 1850s for the East Somerset Railway which still runs steam trains through the cutting today.
It shows rocks of the Middle Jurassic period including both the Inferior Oolite/Great Oolite Junction and the Bajocian-Bathonian stage boundary.
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