Asham Quarry

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Asham Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location East Sussex
Grid reference TQ 441 058 [1]
InterestGeological
Area2.6 hectares (6.4 acres) [1]
Notification 1999 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Asham Quarry is a 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Newhaven in East Sussex. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site [3] and in the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [4]

This site provides important biostratigraphical and lithostratigraphical evidence about environmental conditions during the last 100,000 years, the Last Glacial Period and the Holocene. It is notable for its extensive early and mid Holocene deposits and for having yielded a series of radiocarbon dates. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Asham Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Map of Asham Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Asham Quarry (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Asham Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

Coordinates: 50°50′02″N0°02′42″E / 50.834°N 0.045°E / 50.834; 0.045

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