| South Lodge Pit | |
| Aos: | Buckinghamshire |
| Interest: | Geological |
| Area: | 0.5 hectares |
| Notifydate: | 1986 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
South Lodge Pit is a 0.5hectare 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.