Pembury Cutting and Pit explained

Pembury Cutting and Pit
Aos:	Kent
Interest:	Geological
Area:	1.6ha
Notifydate:	1989
Map:	Magic Map

Pembury Cutting and Pit is a 1.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Tunbridge Wells in Kent.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This site exposes rocks of the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation, dating to the Early Cretaceous around 140 to 100 million years ago. There are many fossils of Lycopodites, an extinct plant.^[4]

This site is in three separate areas, and a lane and a footpath run along the side of two of them.

References

51.149°N 0.303°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Pembury Cutting and Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 22 February 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Pembury Cutting and Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 22 February 2018.
3. Web site: Pembury (Wealden) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 11 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042646/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2611 . 12 January 2018 .
4. Web site: Pembury Cutting and Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 22 February 2018.