Welcome to the new DIGS Events and Geoconservation Workparty Calendar. For other events of general geological interest in the region, see the DGAG website
Calendar of Events
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Poxwell Quarry
Poxwell Quarry
Geoconservation 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
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West Hill Chalk Pit, Corfe
West Hill Chalk Pit, Corfe
A joint OUGS and DIGS geoconservation workparty at West Hill Chalk Pit in the morning and a leisurely walk in the afternoon to Rollington Farm Quarry to the east of Corfe.
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Crookhill Brick Pit
Crookhill Brick Pit
Geoconservation 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.