Goldsands Road Pit Explained
Goldsands Road Pit |
Aos: | Essex |
Interest: | Geological |
Area: | 1.3 hectares |
Notifydate: | 1986 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Goldsands Road Pit is a 1.3hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Southminster in Essex.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This site provides the earliest evidence of an ancient course of the combined Thames and Medway rivers, which flowed north-east across eastern Essex in the late Anglian period around 400,000 years ago.[4]
The site is on private land with no public access.
References
51.656°N 0.832°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Goldsands Road Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 17 July 2016. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235602/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003927.pdf. dead.
- Web site: Map of Goldsands Road Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 17 July 2016.
- Web site: Southminster, Goldsands Road Pit (Quaternary of the Thames) . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 17 July 2016.
- Web site: Maldon. GeoEssex. 17 July 2016. 11 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911031906/http://www.geoessex.org.uk/maldon.html. dead.