| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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  Location within Somerset | |
| Location | Avon |
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| Grid reference | ST436722 |
| Coordinates | 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.
Pleistocene
Court Hill 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]
Manor house
Clevedon Court is a manor house on the side of Court Hill, dating from the early 14th century. It is owned by the National Trust and 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". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2008.