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Ham Green SSSI

Coordinates: 51°28′35″N 2°40′18″W / 51.4765°N 2.6716°W / 51.4765; -2.6716
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Ham Green
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Ham Green SSSI is located in Somerset
Ham Green SSSI
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST539758
Coordinates51°28′35″N 2°40′18″W / 51.4765°N 2.6716°W / 51.4765; -2.6716
InterestGeological
Area1.1 hectares (0.011 km2; 0.0042 sq mi)
Notification1990 (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

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  1. ^ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 9 January 2008)