Seend Cleeve Quarry
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Seend Cleeve Quarry is a 7.5 acres (3 ha) Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Seend Cleeve
, Wiltshire, England
, notified in 1987.
The site was an iron ore quarry and a steel mill, with the coal being delivered via the Kennet and Avon Canal
. It also had its own on-site railway. None of these facilities had been preserved; the site is now pasture.
Seend Cleeve
Seend Cleeve is a hamlet in Seend civil parish in Wiltshire, England.A Primitive Methodist chapel and Sunday school were founded in Seend Cleeve. In 1849 the chapel was rebuilt in red brick with ashlar quoins. The chapel has since closed and in 2006 it was converted into a private home.Seend Cleeve...
, Wiltshire, England
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, notified in 1987.
The site was an iron ore quarry and a steel mill, with the coal being delivered via the Kennet and Avon Canal
Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of , made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is commonly used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the central canal section...
. It also had its own on-site railway. None of these facilities had been preserved; the site is now pasture.
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)