Ham Green SSSI

Ham Green SSSI (grid reference ST539758) is a 1.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Ham Green, North Somerset, notified in 1990.

Ham Green
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Ham Green SSSI is located in Somerset
Ham Green SSSI
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST539758
Coordinates51.4765°N 2.6716°W / 51.4765; -2.6716
InterestGeological
Area1.1 hectares (0.011 km2; 0.0042 sq mi)
Notification1990 (1990)
Natural England website

This is a Geological Conservation Review site.

The site shows a section through red-brown, gritty, stony silts, with abundant Greensand chert Pleistocene sediments. These deposits appear to be heavily cryoturbated terrace gravels of presumed fluvial origin, although a fluvio-glacial origin has also been suggested.[1]

A number of Acheulian handaxes have been found in the area.

References
  1. English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 9 January 2008)


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