Botany Hill

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Coordinates: 54°34′48″N 2°4′13″W / 54.58000°N 2.07028°W / 54.58000; -2.07028
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Botany Hill
Map showing the location of Botany Hill
Map showing the location of Botany Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationMAGiC MaP
Nearest townBarnard Castle
Coordinates54°34′48″N 2°4′13″W / 54.58000°N 2.07028°W / 54.58000; -2.07028
Area3.75 ha (9.3 acres)
Established1984
Governing bodyNatural England
WebsiteBotany Hill SSSI

Botany Hill, formerly known as Botany Quarry, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England. It occupies a position on both sides of How Gill, just under 1 km north of the village of Hury, in Baldersdale.

The site is important as the type locality of the Botany Limestone,[1][2] a widespread marker horizon that is key to an understanding of the stratigraphy of the Namurian sediments of the North Pennines and Northumberland Trough. [3]

References

  1. doi:10.1144/pygs.23.4.236
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  2. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1957.113.01-04.03
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  3. ^ "Botany Hill SSSI : Reasons for designating the SSSI status" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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