Finedon Top Lodge Quarry
Finedon Top Lodge Quarry, also known as Finedon Gullet (and in the 1960s documented as 'Wellingborough No. 5 Pit') is a 0.9-hectare (2.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site revealing a sequence of middle Jurassic limestones, sandstones and ironstones, and is the type section for a sequence of sedimentary rocks known as the 'Wellingborough Member'. It was created by quarrying for the underlying ironstone for use at Wellingborough and Corby Steelworks; the ore was transported by the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Wellingborough Tramway.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Northamptonshire |
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Grid reference | SP 926 699 |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 0.9 hectares |
Notification | 1986 |
Location map | Magic Map |
Location of Finedon Top Lodge Quarry, a Northamptonshire SSSI.
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