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Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries

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Coordinates: 54°46′7″N 1°27′58″W / 54.76861°N 1.46611°W / 54.76861; -1.46611
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Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries
Map showing the location of Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries
Map showing the location of Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries
Location of Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries SSSI, Co Durham
LocationCounty Durham, North East, England
Coordinates54°46′7″N 1°27′58″W / 54.76861°N 1.46611°W / 54.76861; -1.46611
Area23.22 ha (57.4 acres)
Established1968
Governing bodyNatural England
WebsiteMap of site

Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km east of the village of Sherburn Hill and about 7 km east of the city of Durham.

The site is a working quarry in which is exposed a sequence of Lower Permian Yellow Sands overlying Marl Slate and Lower Magnesian Limestone. The exposures of Permian sands exhibit complex cross-bedding that is believed to represent ancient seif dune deposits.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries" (PDF). English Nature. 1991. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
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