Castle Lime Works Quarry

Castle Lime Works Quarry

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Hertfordshire
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.

See also

• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire

References

1. "Castle Lime Works Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
2. "Map of Castle Lime Works Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

51.70868°N 0.22268°W / 51.70868; -0.22268