Castle Lime Works Quarry Explained

Castle Lime Works Quarry
Aos:	Hertfordshire
Interest:	Geological
Area:	1.6 hectares
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Castle Lime Works Quarry is a 1.6ha geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near South Mimms in Hertfordshire. The site was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The site is a disused chalk quarry and according to Natural England:

This reveals extensive piping in the top of the chalk resulting from solution at the Chalk - Tertiary sediment interface. Believed to have formed during the Tertiary and Pleistocene, it is the finest exposure of clay-filled pipes in the Chalk Karst of England.^{[1] [2]}

The site is on private land and there is no public access.

See also

• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire

References

51.7087°N -0.2227°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Castle Lime Works Quarry citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 15 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060949/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000741.pdf. 4 March 2016.
2. Web site: Map of Castle Lime Works Quarry. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 15 January 2015.