Goldsands Road Pit

Goldsands Road Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationEssex
Grid referenceTQ 960990
InterestGeological
Area1.3 hectares
Notification1986
Location mapMagic Map

Goldsands Road Pit is a 1.3-hectare (3.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Southminster in Essex.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site provides the earliest evidence of an ancient course of the combined Thames and Medway rivers, which flowed north-east across eastern Essex in the late Anglian period around 400,000 years ago.[4]

The site is on private land with no public access.

References

  1. ^ "Goldsands Road Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Map of Goldsands Road Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Southminster, Goldsands Road Pit (Quaternary of the Thames)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Maldon". GeoEssex. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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