Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm SSSI

Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location within Somerset
Area of Search	Avon
Grid reference	ST415689
Coordinates	51°25′17″N 2°50′34″W / 51.4215°N 2.8427°W / 51.4215; -2.8427Coordinates: 51°25′17″N 2°50′34″W / 51.4215°N 2.8427°W / 51.4215; -2.8427
Interest	Geological
Area	15.37 hectares (0.1537 km²; 0.0593 sq mi)
Notification	1997 (1997)
Natural England website

Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm SSSI (grid reference ST415689) is a 15.37 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Kenn, Somerset, notified in 1997.

The site is listed in the Geological Conservation Review because it consists of a complex sequence of Pleistocene sediments, including coarse glacial outwash gravels at the base overlain by a complex sequence of interglacial freshwater, estuarine and marine sands. The sequence is then capped by aeolian (windblown) coversands and Holocene silts.^[1]

References

↑ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 13 July 2006)

External links

English Nature (SSSI Information)

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Neighbouring areas Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire

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