Ham Green SSSI
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
  Shown within Somerset | |
| Area of Search | Avon |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | ST539758 |
| Coordinates | 51°28′35″N 2°40′18″W / 51.4765°N 2.6716°WCoordinates: 51°28′35″N 2°40′18″W / 51.4765°N 2.6716°W |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 1.1 hectares (0.011 km2; 0.0042 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1990 |
| Natural England website | |
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.[1]
A number of Acheulian handaxes have been found in the area.
References
- ↑ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 9 January 2008)
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