Bruton Railway Cutting is a 1.7 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bruton in Somerset, notified in 1971.

The geology exposed in the area near Bruton station (which opened in 1856 on what is now the Heart of Wessex Line) is from the Bathonian epoch of the Middle Jurassic. The citation for the site describes it as one of the best places in England to demonstrate the stratigraphic distinction of ammonites in the subcontractus zone and the morrisi zone.

Bruton railway cutting

See also

Wookey Station

Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting

References

External links

English Nature website (SSSI information)

Bruton railway cutting

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset

Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1971

Railway cuttings in the United Kingdom

Rail transport in Somerset

Geology of Somerset

Bruton

Bruton railway cutting