Pembury Cutting and Pit

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Pembury Cutting and Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Blackhurst Lane (2) - geograph.org.uk - 1610790.jpg
Location Kent
Grid reference TQ 612 414 [1]
InterestGeological
Area1.6 hectares (4.0 acres) [1]
Notification 1989 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Pembury Cutting and Pit is a 1.6-hectare (4.0-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This site exposes rocks of the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation, dating to the Early Cretaceous around 140 to 100 million years ago. There are many fossils of Lycopodites , an extinct plant. [4]

This site is in three separate areas, and a lane and a footpath run along the side of two of them.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Pembury Cutting and Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Pembury Cutting and Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Pembury (Wealden)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Pembury Cutting and Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

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