GEOGRAPHY

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The Village of Longhope is built on land that is of great geological interest.

May Hill

May Hill (to the North of the village) is made from Llandovery Sandstone, the earliest of the Silurian rocks.

Breakheart Hill

Breakheart Hill Breakheart Hill (to the West of the village) is composed of clay, various sandstones and marls. This old sandstone tends to be reddish in colour because of it's high iron content. This in turn produces deep reddish soils that many fruit orchards are grown on the Eastern slopes of the Forest of Dean. Some of the very first fossil fish to be found in Britain have been discovered in these sandstone beds. The Devonian Rocks in the hills give the red acidic, heavy clay soils, familiar to all land in the village.  The photo (left) is of the Wilderness Quarry owned by George Read.



Special Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSI)

At present, Longhope has three Special Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSI):

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