Tags: Site Of Special Scientific Interest.
Rifle Butts Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the East Riding of Yorkshire England. The particular interest of this reserve is the geological feature exposed on the quarry face. The site is owned by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The exposure which is identified as being of national importance in the Geological Conservation Review shows a Cretaceous unconformity where sediments from the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous periods were eroded away.
