Geological Guide to Horn Park Quarry

Horn Park Quarry was a world famous fossil site, yielding hundreds of large superb ammonites when it was open. A university conducted a site study after a new owner wanted to purchase the site, and confirmed that there was many more years worth of 'Limestone', that could be obtained. The owner purchased the quarry and a couple of years later, they hit the Bridport Sands, which is actually a classification of Limestone. A court case between the owner and the university ended without success since the university was asked to confirm how much limestone was below and not what type of limestone.

Since the owner lost a great deal of money, he sold it into the business park it has become today, still an SSSI, some small outcrops can be seen with ammonites in.