Lower Barn Cottage

This well is used to measure water levels in the Lower Greensand aquifer to the north east of Lewes, East Sussex.

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Information about the well

Lower Barn Cottage
Wellmaster ID	TQ41/82
NGR	5437 1132
Datum	18.02 m AOD
Monitoring details
Type	Groundwater Level
Aquifer	Lower Greensand
Confinement	Unconfined
Depth	8.25 m
Record
Monitored by	EA South East
Records commence	1975
Records end	2012

Hydrogeological setting

The well penetrates 8.25 m of the Lower Greensand Group.

Well or borehole construction

The diameter and construction details of the well are unknown.

Hydrograph response

The aquifer is unconfined and the hydrograph has an annual sinusoidal appearance.

Acknowledgements

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