Aylesford Pit

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Aylesford Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Kent
Grid reference TQ 730 595 [1]
InterestGeological
Area1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) [1]
Notification 1991 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Aylesford Pit is a 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Maidstone in Kent. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This Pleistocene site has yielded many mammalian bones and paleolithic artefacts, but its geographical isolation from other sites in the Thames sequence makes its precise correlation uncertain. [4]

The site is private land with no public access.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Aylesford Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Aylesford Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Aylesford (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Aylesford Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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