Smarts Quarry
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Location within Carmarthenshire
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| Area of Search | Carmarthenshire |
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| Grid reference | SN424084 |
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| Notification | 1987 |
Smarts Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated in 1987 for its geological features.[1][2]
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SSSI
Smarts Quarry SSSI is located approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east-north-east of Mynydd-y-Garreg, and covers 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres).[1][2]
The SSSI citation for Smart Quarry specifies the importance of "abundant, bivalve produced, stellate feeding traces on a bedding surface" within the Namurian quartzite of the quarry. The citation finds such traces unique within the Namurian basal grits of South Wales and suggestive of an esturine rather than a shoreline sedimentary deposition of the quarry stone.[2]
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- SSSI information from Natural Resources Wales:
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