Oughtonhead Lane

Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Hertfordshire
Grid reference	TL172299
Interest	Geological
Area	0.9 hectares
Notification	1989
Location map	Magic Map

Oughtonhead Lane is a 0.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hitchin in Hertfordshire. The local planning authority is North Hertfordshire District Council. The site has been identified as of national importance in the Geological Conservation Review.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The site probably dates to the Hoxnian interglacial 420,000 to 300,000 years ago. It was then a marsh fed by springs, and it has a tufa which contains fossil land snails and mammal bones which show the climate and local environmental conditions.^[4]

The site is a public lane and a shallow trench would be required to expose the geology.^[4]

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References

↑ "Oughtonhead Lane citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
↑ "Map of Oughtonhead Lane". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
↑ "Oughtonhead Lane, Hitchin (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
1 2 "A Geological Conservation Strategy for Hertfordshire" (PDF). Hertfordshire RIGS Group. 2003.

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Geological	Castle Lime Works Quarry Downfield Pit, Westmill Hillcollins Pit Little Heath Pit Moor Mill Quarry, West Oughtonhead Lane Westwood Quarry

Coordinates: 51°57′19″N 0°17′45″W / 51.9552°N 0.2959°W / 51.9552; -0.2959

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