Compton Martin Ochre Mine
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Compton Martin Ochre Mine (
notified
in 1988.
Geological Interest
It is a
Dolomitic Conglomerates which was deposited underwater as a layered mass of iron oxide pellets of various types, probably in an ephemeral lake or pond fed by hot springs when the Mendip area was occupied by a desert environment some 220 million years ago during late Triassic times.[1]
Red ochre is an
Wick
.
Biological Interest
The mines are also used as a
European Community Habitats Directive.[1]
Along with Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines this site forms a key part of the Bath and Bradford-on-Avon Bats candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC).[2]
References
- ^ a b "Compton Martin Ochre Mine" (PDF). English Nature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
- ^ "Chapter 2: The natural environment". Local Plan. Bath and North East Somerset. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2008.