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Geology of Thursley

  • David Young
  • May 20, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 9

With thanks to Sean Edwards and Jill Fry. Also includes Excavation of Two Mounds on Thursley Common in 1959


Hydon's Ball section and simplified list of strata:

5 Sandstone

6 Large Paludina

7 Sandstone

h1e Weald Clay

h2a Atherfield Clay

h2b Hythe Beds

h2c Sandgate Beds



These 3D models were made by Sean Edwards in the 1960's and built on a 2' x 1' plywood base, with polystyrene contour layers cut with a craft knife, the steps filled with plaster of Paris, smoothed by hand and painted with acrylic paint.



Unfortunately only black and white photographs now exist and the models, borrowed by the 'Fight the Red Route' A3 group, have never re-appeard. The circular pin-head on the Puttenham (Sandgate) beds marks the position of the Three Horseshoes.


This article was written in July 1981 by Jill Fry, BSc, as a result of the Esso Pipeline installation across Thursley Common:


Soil Profiles Exposed in pipeline Trench July 1981


The article is reproduced in full in the PDF below. Unfortunately the annotated slides no longer exist.
The article is reproduced in full in the PDF below. Unfortunately the annotated slides no longer exist.


PDF of contents is below:



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