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==Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)==
The site was declared a SSSI by English Nature due to the unusual geology, a rare occurrence of coal-bearing mudstones appearing at surface level first described in 1946(see below).
Geological Conservation Review (GCR) Number 1743<br>
Grid Ref SO767792
==Geology==Eymore Cutting is notable as the only available exposure of fossilferous Eymore Farm marine band, a Bolsovian Substage rock.<ref>[https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/media/109002/PD09-sa-scoping-appendix-b-final.pdf] Wyre Forest District Local Development Framework Core StrategyDevelopment Plan Document Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report July 2007 (Retrieved 11 November 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=AGMB The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units] (Retrieved 11 November 2019)</ref>. It is a rare occurrence of coal-bearing mudstones appearing at surface level, first described in 1946.<ref>C.J. Cleal and B.A. Thomas, British Upper Carboniferous Stratigraphy, Springer Science & Business Media (2013), pp. 139-141 via [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ew9JCAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA330&ots=0GcB6fqii1&dq=Eyemore%20Cutting&pg=PA140#v=onepage&q=Eyemore%20Cutting&f=false Google books]</ref> ===Geological instability===
Unfortunately its geology has proved less than stable over the years.
==References==
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==Links==
[http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1743 Joint Nature Conservation Committee]
