Littlemore Railway Cutting
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Oxfordshire |
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| Grid reference | SP 530 027[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1986[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Littlemore Railway Cutting is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Oxford in Oxfordshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
The cutting exposes limestone and clay laid down in mid-Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic, around 160 million years ago. The deposit is part of the Stanford Formation, and the clay appears to have been deposited in a channel between coral reefs which then covered the Oxford area.[4][5]