Hurcott Farm

Hurcott Farm

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Location	Somerset
Grid reference	ST511295
Coordinates	51°03′46″N 2°41′57″W / 51.06274°N 2.69918°W / 51.06274; -2.69918Coordinates: 51°03′46″N 2°41′57″W / 51.06274°N 2.69918°W / 51.06274; -2.69918
Interest	Geological
Area	26.3 hectares (0.263 km2; 0.102 sq mi)
Notification	1993 (1993)
Natural England website

Hurcott Farm (grid reference

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.

Sources[]

• English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 10 August 2006)

External links[]

• English Nature website (SSSI information)