Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries

Protected area in Oxfordshire, England

Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm QuarriesSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location| Oxfordshire
Grid reference| SP 477 173[1]
Interest| Geological
Area| 30.0 hectares (74 acres)[1]
Notification| 1995[1]
Location map| Magic Map

Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries is a 30-hectare (74-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Kidlington in Oxfordshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3][4]

This site exposes a lithostratigraphic succession dating to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic, around 167 million years ago. Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry is described by Natural England as "of international importance as one of the best Upper Bathonian reptile sites known", and it has yielded type material for two species of crocodile. The quarry has also produced the type specimen of the dinosaur Dacentrurus vetustus.[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. ^ "Map of Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. ^ "Shipton on Cherwell Cement Works and Whitehill Farm Quarry, Gibraltar (Bathonian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 26 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
4. ^ "Shipton on Cherwell Quarry (Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 26 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
5. ^ "Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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