Lacey's Farm Quarry
Encyclopedia
Lacey's Farm Quarry is a 1,300 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Freshwater
, Isle of Wight
, notified in 1993.
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
, Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, notified in 1993.
Source
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 16 July 2006)