Castle Lime Works Quarry facts for kids
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Area of Search | Hertfordshire |
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| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 1.6 hectares |
| Notification | 1986 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
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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