Sugworth

Sugworth
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Oxfordshire
Grid reference	SP 512 007
Interest	Geological
Area	0.6 hectares (1.5 acres)
Notification	1986
Location map	Magic Map

Sugworth is a 0.6-hectare (1.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.^[1]^[2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This site dates to the Cromerian Stage, an interglacial over half a million years ago. It is a river channel cut into Kimmeridge Clay of the Late Jurassic, and it has rich deposits of vertebrates, ostracods, molluscs, beetles, plant remains and pollen.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Designated Sites View: Sugworth". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Map of Sugworth". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Sugworth Road Cutting (Quaternary of the Thames)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ "Sugworth citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

51°42′11″N 1°15′40″W / 51.703°N 1.261°W / 51.703; -1.261

[dsv-1] "Designated Sites View: Sugworth". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[map-2] "Map of Sugworth". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[3] "Sugworth Road Cutting (Quaternary of the Thames)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[4] "Sugworth citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

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