Wateringbury SSSI

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Wateringbury
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Kent
Grid reference TQ 687 534 [1]
InterestGeological
Area0.2 hectares (0.49 acres) [1]
Notification 1996 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Wateringbury SSSI is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wateringburym west of Maidstone in Kent. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This site contains tufa which displays a complete sequence of molluscs, especially terrestrial snails, dating to the early Holocene, and thus gives a full record of the order in which species colonised the area after the end of the last ice age, the Younger Dryas. [4]

The site is private land with no public access. It has been filled in and no geology is visible.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Wateringbury". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Wateringbury". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Wateringbury (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Wateringbury citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

Coordinates: 51°15′18″N0°24′58″E / 51.255°N 0.416°E / 51.255; 0.416

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