Haldon Quarry, Devon, SSSI

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TuningHouse

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Me and the Gfriend went hunting for a few places yesterday, via google satallite and found this. Stil used to store trucks, and for overnight stops for truckers (There is a portacabin on site with a garden etc), and also used for the Landrover Owners club to have fun on sundays - This is Buller’s Hill quarry, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
As you enter the quarry you pass a cliff face of greensand rock, deposited on a prehistoric sea shore 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs were stalking the Earth. The main part of the quarry shows a flint cliff face deposited 60 million years ago, after the dinosaurs had died out and mammals were taking their first tenuous steps towards dominance.

Not a very big site, but dffinatly worthy of a few shots

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Some lovely old bits and bobs there, bet it was fun to poke about in ! Good shots too, well done- good find ! :)
 
Thanks - yea, really enjoyed the tinkering about. I believe there is one down by Newquay which would be a great one to do as its huge
 
some cool photos there, look like a cool place to visit. whats this about one near newquay? i live in newquay and dont think i know of the one you mean. any info would be appreciated. :)
 
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