Ham Green SSSI
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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.
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Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Avon |
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Grid reference | ST539758 |
Coordinates | 51.4765°N 2.6716°W / 51.4765; -2.6716 |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.1 hectares (0.011 km2; 0.0042 sq mi) |
Notification | 1990 (1990) |
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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]