Castle Lime Works Quarry
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Hertfordshire |
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| Grid reference | TL229026 |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 1.6 hectares |
| Notification | 1986 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Castle Lime Works Quarry is a 1.6 hectares (4.0 acres) 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.[1][2]
The site is on private land and there is no public access.
