Welcome to the new DIGS Events and Geoconservation Workparty Calendar. For other events of general geological interest in the region, see the DGAG website
Geoconservation
Crookhill Brick Pit
Crookhill Brick PitCrookhill Brick Pit has a very important exposure of the lower Oxford Clay and we will aim to improve access to the western exposure. Subject to permission from Natural England. Contact DIGS for further details.
Conservation session at Red Lane, Abbotsbury
Conservation session at Red Lane Abbotsbury on Friday 23 August 10.30 start.
Poxwell Quarry
Poxwell Quarry Poxwell, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomGeoconservation work party to Poxwell Quarry. Scrub clearance from quarry floor and face. Perhaps more work on the limekiln. Off road parking at the entrance to the track to the quarry. Grid Ref: SY 743 835
Crookhill Brick Pit
Crookhill Brick PitGeoconservation work party to this classic Oxford Clay exposure and SSSI. Note that this event is provisional, dependent on the approval of a licensed Great Crested Newt (GCN) ecologist. An alternative/additional geoconservation visit may be made on November 8.
Crookhill Brick Pit
Crookhill Brick PitGeoconservation work party to this classic Oxford Clay exposure and SSSI. Note that this event is provisional, dependent on the approval of a licensed Great Crested Newt (GCN) ecologist. It should be a follow-up, or alternative, to the geoconservation visit scheduled for October 22 .