Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries

Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	MAGiC MaP
Nearest city	City of Durham
Coordinates	54°46′7″N 1°27′58″W / 54.76861°N 1.46611°W / 54.76861; -1.46611
Area	23.22 ha (57.4 acres)
Established	1968
Governing body	Natural England
Website	Crime Rigg Quarry SSSI

Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) east of the village of Sherburn Hill and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the city of Durham.

The site is a working quarry in which is exposed a sequence of Lower Permian Yellow Sands overlying Marl Slate and Lower Magnesian Limestone. The exposures of Permian sands exhibit complex cross-bedding that is believed to represent ancient seif dune deposits. ^[1]