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Major soil group: | 07 surface-water gley soils | Seasonally waterlogged slowly permeable soils, formed above 3 m 0.D. and prominently mottled above 40 cm depth. They have no relatively permeable material starting within and extending below 1 m of the surface. |
Soil Group: | 1 stagnogley soils | With a distinct topsoil. They are found mainly in lowland Britain. |
Soil Subgroup: | 2 pelo-stagnogley soils | (clayey) |
Soil Series: | clayey material passing to soft weathered basic crystalline rock |
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National Soil Inventory Sites: 0Representative Profiles: 0Auger Bores: 4 |
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