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Hurcott Farm

Geology of SomersetSites of Special Scientific Interest in SomersetSites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1993
Corbicula fluminalis
Corbicula fluminalis

Hurcott Farm (grid reference ST511295) is a 26.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1993. At this site heavily cemented Pleistocene terrace gravels of the River Cary have yielded an abundant freshwater and terrestrial molluscan fauna. The fauna has an interglacial aspect, and includes Corbicula fluminalis and Pisidium clessini. This site is of critical importance as the keystone of the Pleistocene stratigraphy of southern Somerset, and as a freshwater facies-equivalent of the Burtle Beds.

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N 51.06274 ° E -2.69918 °
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B3153
TA11 7AJ , Somerton
England, United Kingdom
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