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Court Hill

Court Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Court Hill is located in Somerset
Court Hill
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST436722
Coordinates51°26′45″N 2°48′47″W / 51.44597°N 2.81294°W / 51.44597; -2.81294
InterestGeological
Area10.45 hectares (0.1045 km2; 0.0403 sq mi)
Notification1997 (1997)
Natural England website

Court Hill (grid reference ST436722) is a 10.45 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Clevedon, North Somerset, England, notified in 1997.

Pleistocene

Court Hill is a Geological Conservation Review Site because it is the only example in southern England of an ice-marginal col-gully cut by glacial meltwater and infilled by a variety of glacial sediments. The Pleistocene deposits include gravels, boulder-beds, sands, and till, overlain by cover sands with erratics of flint and Greensand chert.

It has also yielded a number of Jurassic and Cretaceous foraminifera (micro fossils).[1]

Manor house

Clevedon Court is a manor house on the side of Court Hill, dating from the early 14th century. It is owned by the National Trust and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[2]

References

  1. ^ English Nature citation sheet for the site Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (accessed 9 July 2006).
  2. ^ "Clevedon Court". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
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