Hurcott Farm

Infobox SSSI


name=Hurcott Farm
aos=Somerset
interest=Geological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST511295
area=26.3 hectare
notifydate=1993

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Hurcott Farm (gbmapping|ST511295) is a 26.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1993.

At this site heavily cemented Pleistocene terrace gravels of the River Cary have yielded an abundant freshwater and terrestrial molluscan fauna. The fauna has an interglacial aspect, and includes Corbicula fluminalis and Pisidium clessini. This site is of critical importance as the keystone of the Pleistocene stratigraphy of southern Somerset, and as a freshwater facies-equivalent of the Burtle Beds.

ource

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003367.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site] (accessed 10 August 2006)

External links

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk English Nature website] (SSSI information)