Court Hill
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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  Location within Somerset | |
| Area of Search | Avon |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | ST436722 |
| Coordinates | 51°26′45″N 2°48′47″W / 51.44597°N 2.81294°WCoordinates: 51°26′45″N 2°48′47″W / 51.44597°N 2.81294°W |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 10.45 hectares (0.1045 km2; 0.0403 sq mi) |
| Notification | 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.
It 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]
Clevedon Court is a manor house on the side of Court Hill, dating from the early fourteenth century. It is now owned by the National Trust. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[2]
References
- ↑ English Nature citation sheet for the site Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (accessed 9 July 2006)
- ↑ "Clevedon Court". Images of England. Retrieved 2008-03-16.