Glenthorne
Site of Special Scientific Interest
title: "Glenthorne" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sites-of-special-scientific-interest-in-devon", "sites-of-special-scientific-interest-in-somerset", "sites-of-special-scientific-interest-notified-in-1989", "geology-of-devon", "geology-of-somerset"] description: "Site of Special Scientific Interest" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenthorne" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Site of Special Scientific Interest ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | [[File:Cliff at Glenthorne Beach.jpg |
| name | Glenthorne |
| aos | Somerset & Devon |
| interest | Geological |
| gridref | |
| coordinates | |
| displaymap | Somerset |
| area | 13.3 ha |
| notifydate | |
| enref | 1002137 |
| :: |
|image=[[File:Cliff at Glenthorne Beach.jpg|240px]] |name=Glenthorne |aos=Somerset & Devon |interest=Geological |gridref= |coordinates = |displaymap=Somerset |area=13.3 ha |notifydate= |enref=1002137 Glenthorne () is a 13.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the parish of Oare within the Exmoor National Park, on the border of Somerset and Devon, notified in 1989.
Glenthorne is a Geological Conservation Review site because of the Trentishoe Formation of the Hangman Sandstone Group. The Hangman Sandstone represents the Middle Devonian sequence of North Devon and Somerset. These are unusual freshwater deposits in the Hangman Grits, which were mainly formed in desert conditions.
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