Duncroft Farm Pit

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Duncroft Farm Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Hampshire
Grid reference SU 476 590 [1]
InterestGeological
Area0.1 hectares (0.25 acres) [1]
Notification 1991 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Duncroft Farm Pit is a 0.1-hectare (0.25-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Kingsclere in Hampshire. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This site exposes beds dating to the Upper Chalk of the Late Cretaceous epoch, 100 to 66 million years ago. The strata are in the middle of the Kingsclere Monocline, a steep fold which is thought to be due to later movement in the underlying rocks. [4]

The site is private land with no public access.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Duncroft Farm Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Map of Duncroft Farm Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Duncroft Farm Pit (Alpine Structures of Southern England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 21 April 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Duncroft Farm Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

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