Sugworth

SugworthSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location| Oxfordshire
Grid reference| SP 512 007[1]
Interest| Geological
Area| 0.6 hectares (1.5 acres)[1]
Notification| 1986[1]
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

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1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Sugworth". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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.

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

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