Wateringbury SSSI explained

Wateringbury
Aos:Kent
Interest:Geological
Area:0.2ha
Notifydate:1996
Map: Magic Map

Wateringbury SSSI is a 0.2abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wateringburym west of Maidstone in Kent.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site contains tufa which displays a complete sequence of molluscs, especially terrestrial snails, dating to the early Holocene, and thus gives a full record of the order in which species colonised the area after the end of the last ice age, the Younger Dryas.[4]

The site is private land with no public access. It has been filled in and no geology is visible.

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51.255°N 0.416°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Wateringbury . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 17 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Map of Wateringbury. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 17 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Wateringbury (Quaternary of South-East England) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 12 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160456/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2260 . 2018-01-12 .
  4. Web site: Wateringbury citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 17 March 2018.

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