| Bleadon Hill | |
| Aos: | Avon |
| Interest: | Geological |
| Coordinates: | 51.3124°N -2.9318°W |
| Displaymap: | Somerset |
| Area: | 33.41acres |
| Enref: | 2000359 |
Bleadon Hill is a 13.52 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest just north of the village of Bleadon, North Somerset, notified in 1999.
The site is a Geological Conservation Review site, as it shows a low ridge of calcite-cemented Pleistocene sand and gravel on its southern side. Various marine or glacial origins have been postulated for the sediments and it has even beensuggested that this is a Mesozoic beach conglomerate. On the basis of the sedimentology, it is most likely that these sediments accumulated during the Quaternary when an ice sheet rested against Bleadon Hill.[1]
There is evidence or agricultural use of the land in the medieval period and possibly from Roman times.[2]