Sugworth Explained
Sugworth |
Aos: | Oxfordshire |
Interest: | Geological |
Area: | 0.6ha |
Notifydate: | 1986 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Sugworth is a 0.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This site dates to the Cromerian Stage, an interglacial over half a million years ago. It is a river channel cut into Kimmeridge Clay of the Late Jurassic, and it has rich deposits of vertebrates, ostracods, molluscs, beetles, plant remains and pollen.[4]
References
51.703°N -1.261°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Designated Sites View: Sugworth. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 June 2020.
- Web site: Map of Sugworth . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 June 2020.
- Web site: Sugworth Road Cutting (Quaternary of the Thames) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 26 February 2020 . 3 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603175428/http://archive.jncc.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1484 . dead .
- Web site: Sugworth citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 June 2020.