Muswell Hill, Buckinghamshire

Muswell Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Buckinghamshire
Grid reference	SP640153
Interest	Geological
Area	0.2 hectares
Notification	1992
Location map	Magic Map

Muswell Hill is a 0.2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Brill in Buckinghamshire. The local planning authorities are Buckinghamshire County Council and Aylesbury Vale District Council.^[1]^[2] It is listed by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee as a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This site has sandstones and sandy ironstones. It is problematic as their precise age and the circumstances of deposition are uncertain, but they are thought to be early Cretaceous, with late Jurassic underlying layers. There is considerable potential for further research on dating the transition between the two periods.^[1]

References

1 2 "Muswell Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
↑ "Map of Muswell Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
↑ "Muswell Hill (Wealden)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

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Coordinates: 51°49′59″N 1°04′19″W / 51.833099°N 1.071889°W / 51.833099; -1.071889

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