Greenfoot Quarry
Greenfoot Quarry
Map showing the location of Greenfoot Quarry
Map showing the location of Greenfoot Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationMAGiC MaP
Nearest townStanhope
Coordinates54°44′54″N 2°1′43″W / 54.74833°N 2.02861°W / 54.74833; -2.02861
Area0.9 ha (2.2 acres)
Established1984
Governing bodyNatural England
WebsiteGreenfoot Quarry SSSI

Greenfoot Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of west County Durham, England. It is a disused quarry, situated in the Wear valley, 1 km upstream from the village of Stanhope.

The site has national geological importance for its exposures of the Little Whin Sill; there are other exposures in the bed of the Wear near to the quarry, but none shows so complete of an exposure as Greenfoot Quarry. At the western end of the quarry is a unique exposure which displays columnar jointing in the sill with limestone exposed above and below the intrusion. [1]

References

  1. "Greenfoot Quarry : Reasons for SSSI status" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2022.


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