Cropthorne New Inn Section Explained

Cropthorne New Inn Section
Aos:	Worcestershire
Interest:	Geological
Area:	0.12 hectares
Notifydate:	1991
Map:	Magic Map

Cropthorne New Inn Section is a 0.12hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cropthorne in Worcestershire.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

The site dates to the Ipswichian interglacial (Marine Isotope Stage 5e) between 130,000 and 115,000 years ago. This was one of the warmest periods of the last half a million years, but there were no humans in Britain. The site has a rich array of mollusc and mammal fossils, including hippopotamus. There are a number of terraces of the River Avon laid down at different periods, and New Inn is a key site for determining their sequence, and for the Pleistocene stratigraphy of the Midlands generally.^{[1] [4] [5]}

There is no public access to the site, which is a triangular area of scrub north of Main Road near the New Inn.

See also

• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Worcestershire

References

52.0968°N -2.0065°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cropthorne New Inn Section citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 30 March 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150108165440/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005982.pdf. 8 January 2015.
2. Web site: Map of Cropthorne New Inn Section. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 30 March 2015.
3. Web site: Cropthorne, New Inn Section (Quaternary of Midlands - Avon) . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 30 March 2015.
4. Book: The British Palaeolithic: Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World. Paul. Pettit. Mark. White. 291. Routledge. 2012. Abingdon, UK. 978-0-415-67455-3.
5. Book: The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain. Ashton, Nick . etal . 128. 2010. Elsevier. 9780444535986.