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Stidham Farm

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37: 44: 279: 272: 265: 550: 586: 60: 560: 555: 581: 288: 449: 180: 244: 221:, flint and chert clasts. The site is of considerable importance for studies relating to the possible glaciation of the area, and of the terrace 172: 91: 76: 24: 489: 36: 399: 168: 529: 504: 188: 84: 257: 494: 469: 156: 379: 484: 429: 524: 454: 419: 444: 414: 359: 389: 241: 225:, particularly as it is one of only two accessible terrace deposits in this part of the Avon valley. 519: 434: 394: 369: 324: 314: 203: 509: 479: 474: 534: 424: 354: 349: 339: 192: 139: 364: 344: 464: 439: 319: 248: 499: 409: 404: 374: 214: 70: 575: 309: 334: 329: 222: 459: 199: 384: 304: 299: 206:. At least 2 metres (7 ft) of sandy gravels are recorded, consisting of 106: 93: 218: 207: 184: 177: 210: 289:
Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Somerset
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1991
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17.3 hectares (0.173 km; 0.067 sq mi)
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Site of Special Scientific Interest
Stidham Farm is located in Somerset
Location
Grid reference
ST682684
Coordinates
51°24′49″N 2°27′31″W / 51.41372°N 2.45864°W / 51.41372; -2.45864
Notification
Natural England website
grid reference
ST682684
hectare
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest
Keynsham
Bath and North East Somerset
notified
Pleistocene
River Avon
limestone
clasts
Millstone Grit
Sandstone
stratigraphy
English Nature citation sheet for the site
Archived
Wayback Machine
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Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Somerset

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