Littlemore Railway Cutting facts for kids
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| Area of Search | Oxfordshire |
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| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres) |
| Notification | 1986 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Littlemore Railway Cutting is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Oxford in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
The cutting exposes limestone and clay laid down in mid-Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic, around 160 million years ago. The deposit is part of the Stanford Formation, and the clay appears to have been deposited in a channel between coral reefs which then covered the Oxford area.
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