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Clock House Brickworks

Geological Conservation Review sitesGeology of South-East EnglandSites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey
Clay Pit, Clock House, near Capel geograph.org.uk 1779315
Clay Pit, Clock House, near Capel geograph.org.uk 1779315

Clock House Brickworks is a 35.9-hectare (89-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Capel in Surrey. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.The pit exposes temperate and subtropical palaeoenvironments of the Lower Cretaceous Weald Clay Group. The site is particularly important for its several thousand fossil insects, including the first described social insect, a termite. There are also aquatic plants, fish and reptiles.The site is private land with no public access.

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Clock House Brickworks
Horsham Road, Mole Valley Capel

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