Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | 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 (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.