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Kilmersdon Road Quarry

Coordinates: 51°17′10″N 2°26′50″W / 51.28608°N 2.44733°W / 51.28608; -2.44733
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Kilmersdon Road Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Kilmersdon Road Quarry is located in Somerset
Kilmersdon Road Quarry
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST689542
Coordinates51°17′10″N 2°26′50″W / 51.28608°N 2.44733°W / 51.28608; -2.44733
InterestGeological
Area0.43 hectares (0.0043 km2; 0.0017 sq mi)
Notification1954 (1954)
Natural England website

Kilmersdon Road Quarry (grid reference ST689542) is a 0.43 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between the village of Haydon and the town of Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1954.

This is a key Lias locality spanning much of the Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian stages.[1]

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