Lacey's Farm Quarry

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 50.6740, -1.5455

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Condition (Natural England)

Favourable (1)
UnitFeatureConditionArea (ha)Assessed
SZ322861 — Favourable 0.14 2023-03-13

Description

Area 0.13/0.32 Hectares/ Acres, Description This locality shows a Tertiary sequence in the Osborne Beds Zone P.17 in age. It contains a mammalian fauna of twenty four species, assigned to eight orders. This assemblage complements the mammal assemblage found in the Headon section and yields species which are poorly represented there. A key site for studies of fossil mammals.