Glenthorne

Glenthorne
Notification
	Natural England website

Glenthorne (

notified

in 1989.

Glenthorne is a Geological Conservation Review site because of the Trentishoe Formation of the Hangman Sandstone Group. The Hangman Sandstone represents the Middle Devonian sequence of North Devon and Somerset.^[1] These are unusual freshwater deposits in the Hangman Grits, which were mainly formed in desert conditions.^[2]

References

^ English Nature web side for the site Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Geology". Exmoor National Park. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.

External links

English Nature website (SSSI information)

[1] English Nature web side for the site Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Geology". Exmoor National Park. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.

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v t e Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
Summary	Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
SSSIs	Ben Knowle Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast Brean Down Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins Bruton Railway Cutting Cheddar Complex Cloford Quarry Cook's Wood Quarry Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill Doulting Railway Cutting Emborough Quarries Glenthorne Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting Greylake Ham Hill Hobbs Quarry Holwell Quarries Hurcott Farm Hurcott Lane Cutting Lamb Leer Langport Railway Cutting Laycock Railway Cutting Leighton Road Cutting Low Ham Maes Down Maesbury Railway Cutting Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick Moon's Hill Quarry Priddy Caves Priddy Pools Rodney Stoke SSSI Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot Seavington St Mary Shepton Montague Railway Cutting Snowdon Hill Quarry St. Dunstan's Well Catchment Thrupe Lane Swallet Vallis Vale Viaduct Quarry Windsor Hill Quarry Wookey Hole Wookey Station Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
Neighbouring areas	Avon Devon Dorset Wiltshire