Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | East Sussex |
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Grid reference | TQ 426 096 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.0 hectare (2.5 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1996 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Southerham Works Pit is a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Lewes in East Sussex. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3] [4]
This site exposes layers of the Chalk Group dating to the Upper Cretaceous between 90 and 87 million years ago. It is a key site for understanding the lithostratigraphy of the period and the environments of its chalk sea as well as the evolution and taxonomy of Upper Cretaceous fish. [5]
There is access to the southern end of the site from Southerham Lane.