South Lodge Pit
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| 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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