Duckpool to Furzey Cove

Duckpool to Furzey Cove is a coastal Geological Conservation Review site and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Cornwall, England, UK, noted for its geological interest.^[1]

Duckpool to Furzey Cove

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Maer Cliff, to the south of the SSSI
Location within Cornwall Show map of Cornwall Duckpool to Furzey Cove (England) Show map of England
Location	Cornwall
Grid reference	SS200090
Coordinates	50.8565°N 4.5565°W / 50.8565; -4.5565
Interest	Geological
Area	87.29 hectares (0.873 km2; 0.337 sq mi)
Notification	1996 (1996)
Natural England website

Geography

The 87-hectare (210-acre) site, notified in 1996, is located on the north Cornish coast, mainly in Kilkhampton civil parish, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the town of Bude. It starts at Duckpool near the hamlet of Coombe in the north, following the shores of the Celtic Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, ending at Furzey Cove near Maer in the south.^[2][3]

The South West Coast Path runs through the SSSI and parts of the coastline are owned by the National Trust. This site is contiguous with the Bude Coast, Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth and Marsland to Clovelly Coast (in Devon) chain of SSSIs on this section of coastline.^[1][3]

Geology

The geology of the site mainly is composed of alternating mudstones, shales and siltstones and is of very high national importance in the study of Upper Carboniferous rocks within Britain.^[1]