Sugworth facts for kids
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| Area of Search | Oxfordshire |
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| 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. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
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.
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