Area of Search Avon Interest Geological | Grid reference ST539758 Notification 1990 | |
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Area 1.1 hectares (0.011 km; 0.0042 sq mi) | ||
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.
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.
A number of Acheulian handaxes have been found in the area.
References
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