South Lodge Pit

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South Lodge Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Buckinghamshire
Grid reference SU905819
InterestGeological
Area0.5 hectares
Notification 1986
Location map Magic Map

South Lodge Pit is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) 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. 1 2 "South Lodge Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of South Lodge Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "South Lodge Pit (Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "South Lodge Pit". Taplow Society. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "South Lodge Pit SSSI". Bucks Geology. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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