Vallis Vale

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Vallis Vale
Site of Special Scientific Interest
angular unconformity at Vallis Vale
Vallis Vale is located in Somerset
Vallis Vale
Location within Somerset
Area of Search Somerset
Grid reference ST755490
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Interest Biological and Geological
Area 23.9 hectares (0.239 km2; 0.092 sq mi)
Notification 1952 (1952)
Natural England website

Vallis Vale (grid reference ST755490) is a 23.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Great Elm in Somerset, notified in 1952.

Vallis Vale is an ancient woodland site and supports an Ash-Wych Elm stand type with a restricted distribution in Britain.

Vallis Vale exposes some of Britain’s most classic rock outcrops, exhibiting several of the most easily demonstrated examples of angular unconformity available. A nationally important research and educational locality, of great renown for the part it has played in the historical development of geological science.

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