Charnage Down Chalk Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
Charnage Down Chalk Pit (grid reference ST837329) is a 3.7 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, lying east of the town of Mere. The former quarry site was notified in 1971 for its importance in the study of chalk rock from the late Turonian and Coniacian ages.
Sources
- Natural England citation sheet for the site (accessed 23 March 2022)
External links
- Natural England website (SSSI information)
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- Bratton Downs
- Charnage Down Chalk Pit
- Chilmark Quarries
- Corsham Railway Cutting
- Dead Maid Quarry
- Dinton Quarry
- Dinton Railway Cutting
- Fyfield Down
- Great Quarry, Swindon
- Gripwood Quarry
- Kellaways - West Tytherton, River Avon
- Lady Down Quarry
- The New Forest
- Okus Quarry
- Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon
- Piggledene
- Seend Cleeve Quarry
- Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting
- Stanton St. Quintin Quarry & Motorway Cutting
- Steeple Ashton
- Stert Brook Exposure
- Teffont Evias Quarry and Lane Cutting
- Upper Chicksgrove Quarry
- West Harnham Chalk Pit
- Westbury Ironstone Quarry
- Wootton Bassett Mud Spring
- Neighbouring areas: Avon
- Berkshire
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Oxfordshire
- Somerset
51°05′43″N 2°14′03″W / 51.09517°N 2.23414°W / 51.09517; -2.23414
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