Winchelsea Cutting

Winchelsea Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	East Sussex
Grid reference	TQ 902 169
Interest	Geological
Area	0.15 hectares (0.37 acres)
Notification	1990
Location map	Magic Map

Last updated July 21, 2022

Winchelsea Cutting is a 0.15-hectare (0.37-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Winchelsea in East Sussex.^[1]^[2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This site exposes the top two metres of the Ashdown Sand Formation and the bottom four metres of the Wadhurst Clay Formation, dating to the Wealden Group of the Lower Cretaceous around 140 million years ago.^[4]

The site is at the side of the A259 road.

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References

1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Winchelsea Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
↑ "Map of Winchelsea Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
↑ "Winchelsea (Wealden)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
↑ "Winchelsea Cutting citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

Coordinates: 50°55′12″N0°42′18″E / 50.920°N 0.705°E / 50.920; 0.705

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[dsv-1] 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Winchelsea Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[map-2] "Map of Winchelsea Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[3] "Winchelsea (Wealden)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[4] "Winchelsea Cutting citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

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