The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Purton Passage
Berkeley (Settlement), Gloucestershire (County [UK]), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: Purton Passage (grid reference SO687045) is a 4.9-hectare (12-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Purton notified in 1966. The site is listed in the ‘Stroud District’ Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 (online for download) as an SSSI and a Regionally Important Geological Site (RIGS).[7]
It is adjacent to the Severn Estuary SSSI.
Rocks of the Upper Ludlow Silurian age are exposed on the foreshore at Tites Point. These include bone beds, and the area is a declared important educational resource for the study of vertebrate palaeontology. Most important are the plates of Cyathaspis banksi. The remains of primitive fish include thelodont denticles and acanthodian fragments.[8]
Inspections by Natural England in 2009 report only acceptable change due to the natural processes of estuarine muds, and no establishment of vegetation; this is controlled due to the natural process of tidal scour. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purton,_Berkeley#Purton_Passage_SSSI