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Buckover Road Cutting

Coordinates: 51°36′48″N 2°28′59″W / 51.613215°N 2.483144°W / 51.613215; -2.483144
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Buckover Road Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Buckover Road Cutting is located in Gloucestershire
Buckover Road Cutting
Location within Gloucestershire
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST665906
Coordinates51°36′48″N 2°28′59″W / 51.613215°N 2.483144°W / 51.613215; -2.483144
InterestGeological
Area1.7 hectares (4.2 acres)
Notification1967 (1967)
Natural England website

Buckover Road Cutting (grid reference ST665906) is a 1.7 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1967.

The site shows an unconformity between Silurian rocks and quartz conglomerate of the Devonian period.[1]

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