Turners Hill SSSI

Turners Hill SSSI

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	West Sussex
Grid reference	TQ 338 354[1]
Interest	Geological
Area	0.2 hectares (0.49 acres)[1]
Notification	1999[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Turners Hill SSSI is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Turners Hill in West Sussex.^[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This former quarry exposed the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation, part of the Hastings Beds, which dates to the Early Cretaceous between about 140 and 100 million years ago. It provided excellent three dimensional sections through the Ardingly Sandstone Member of the Formation.^[4]

The site is private land with no public access. The quarry has been filled in and no geology is visible.

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Turners Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
2. "Map of Turners Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
3. "Turners Hill (Wealden)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
4. "Turners Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

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