Fern House Gravel Pit Explained

Fern House Gravel Pit
Aos:	Buckinghamshire
Interest:	Geological
Area:	1.3 hectares
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Fern House Gravel Pit is a 1.3hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Fern, near Bourne End in Buckinghamshire.^{[1] [2]} It is also a Geological Conservation Review site.^{[3] [4]}

This site exposes the Pleistocene Taplow Gravel formation, and may help to elucidate a poorly understood period in the history of the River Thames, between glacial Anglian stage, around 450,000 years ago, when the river was diverted south to its present course, and the warm Ipswichian around 120,000 years ago. Fossils found at the site include straight-tusked elephants and mammoths.^{[4] [5]}

The site is on private land with no public access.

References

51.5884°N -0.7268°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fern House Gravel Pit citation . Sites of Special Scientific Interest . Natural England . 28 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024013/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000654.pdf . 4 March 2016 .
2. Web site: Map of Fern House Gravel Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 28 February 2016.
3. Web site: Fern House Gravel Pit (Quaternary of the Thames) . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 28 February 2016.
4. Book: Bridgland, D. R. . https://books.google.com/books?id=SrWtBgAAQBAJ&q=%22Fern+House+Gravel+Pit%22&pg=PT276. Fern House Gravel Pit. Quaternary of the Thames. Springer. 1994. 9789401107051.
5. Web site: Fern House Gravel Pit SSSI . Bucks Geology. 28 February 2016.