South Lodge Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Area of Search | Buckinghamshire |
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Grid reference | SU905819 |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 0.5 hectares |
Notification | 1986 |
Location map | Magic Map |
South Lodge Pit is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Taplow in Buckinghamshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This former chalk quarry dates to the late Cretaceous, around 83 million year ago. It is the only British example of a chalk phosphorite deposit, comparable to deposits in the Paris Basin.[1] In the late Cretaceous sea levels were much higher and covered much of England, including Buckinghamshire.[4] Marine fossils are found in several horizons, including annelids, oysters and bivalves.[5]
The site is on private land with no public access.
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References
- 1 2 "South Lodge Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "Map of South Lodge Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "South Lodge Pit (Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "South Lodge Pit". Taplow Society. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "South Lodge Pit SSSI". Bucks Geology. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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Coordinates: 51°31′44″N 0°41′46″W / 51.529°N 0.6962°W
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