Castle Lime Works Quarry
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1986
Castle Lime Works Quarry is a 1.6 hectare (3.9 acre) 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.The site is on private land and there is no public access.
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A1(M), Hertsmere South Mimms and Ridge
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N 51.70868 ° | E -0.22268 ° |
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South Mimms Castle (South Mimms Motte and Bailey Castle)
A1(M)
AL9 7TH Hertsmere, South Mimms and Ridge
England, United Kingdom
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