Weston-in-Gordano SSSI

Weston-in-Gordano
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Weston-in-Gordano SSSI with the M5 motorway in the background
Weston-in-Gordano SSSI is located in Somerset
Weston-in-Gordano SSSI
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST452744
Coordinates51°27′57″N 2°47′25″W / 51.46590°N 2.79027°W / 51.46590; -2.79027
InterestGeological
Area12.55 hectares (0.1255 km2; 0.0485 sq mi)
Notification1993 (1993)
Natural England website

Weston-in-Gordano SSSI (grid reference ST452744) is a 12.55 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Weston in Gordano, North Somerset, notified in 1993.

Note that there is also a separate biological and geological SSSI covering the Gordano Valley.

This is a Geological Conservation Review site because temporary exposures here have shown Pleistocene sediments, including interglacial fluvial sands and marine gravels and cold-stage fluvial gravels. Rich molluscan faunas have been reported from the section. The presence of freshwater and marine interglacial deposits gives it great potential importance for the understanding of the Quaternary sequence of the Vale of Gordano and Avonmouth lowlands.[1]

References

  1. ^ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 13 July 2006)