Trimdon Limestone Quarry

Site of Special Scientific Interest and abandoned quarry in County Durham, England

54°42′43″N 1°26′20″W / 54.71194°N 1.43889°W / 54.71194; -1.43889Area0.8 ha (2.0 acres)Established1992Governing bodyNatural EnglandWebsiteTrimdon Limestone Quarry SSSI

Trimdon Limestone Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Sedgefield district of County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km west of the village of Trimdon Grange and about 5 km east of the village of Coxhoe.

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. [1]

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 ha remaining.[1]

The site is part of a larger area that is managed by the Durham Wildlife Trust as the Trimdon Grange Quarry nature reserve. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Trimdon Limestone Quarry : Reasons for SSSI status" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ *"Nature Reserve : Trimdon Grange Quarry". Durham Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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