Bleadon Hill
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 Location within Somerset
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| Area of Search | Avon |
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| Grid reference | ST383588 |
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| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 33.41 acres (0.1352 km2; 0.05220 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1999 |
| Natural England website | |
Bleadon Hill (grid reference ST351574) is a 13.52 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest just north of the village of Bleadon, North Somerset, notified in 1999.
The site is a Geological Conservation Review site, as it shows a low ridge of calcite-cemented Pleistocene sand and gravel on its southern side. Various marine or glacial origins have been postulated for the sediments and it has even been suggested that this is a Mesozoic beach conglomerate. On the basis of the sedimentology, it is most likely that these sediments accumulated during the Quaternary when an ice sheet rested against Bleadon Hill.[1]
There is evidence or agricultural use of the land in the medieval period and possibly from Roman times.[2]
References
- ↑ * English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 9 July 2006)
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