Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Kent |
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Grid reference | TQ 687 534 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 0.2 hectares (0.49 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1996 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Wateringbury SSSI is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wateringburym west of Maidstone in Kent. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]
This site contains tufa which displays a complete sequence of molluscs, especially terrestrial snails, dating to the early Holocene, and thus gives a full record of the order in which species colonised the area after the end of the last ice age, the Younger Dryas. [4]
The site is private land with no public access. It has been filled in and no geology is visible.