Winchelsea Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationEast Sussex
Grid referenceTQ 902 169[1]
InterestGeological
Area0.15 hectares (0.37 acres)[1]
Notification1990[1]
Location mapMagic Map

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Winchelsea Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  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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