Selsey, East Beach
Shingle beach in Selsey, West Sussex, England
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | West Sussex |
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Grid reference | SZ 860 925[1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.7 hectares (4.2 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1988[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Selsey, East Beach is a 1.7-hectare (4.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Selsey in West Sussex, United Kingdom.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This site exposes a sequence of marine estuary and freshwater deposits dating to the warm Eemian interglacial. The site has fossils of fauna dating to the early Eemian around 130 thousand years ago, such as straight-tusked elephant, an extinct species of rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus hemitoechus, European pond tortoise, beaver and horse.[4]
This short stretch of shingle beach is open to the public but no geology is visible.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Selsey, East Beach". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Map of Selsey, East Beach". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Selsey (Pleistocene Vertebrata)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Selsey, East Beach citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
50°43′34″N 0°46′59″W / 50.726°N 0.783°W / 50.726; -0.783
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- Adur Estuary
- Amberley Mount to Sullington Hill
- Amberley Wild Brooks
- Ambersham Common
- Arun Banks
- Arundel Park
- Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
- Bognor Reef
- Bracklesham Bay
- Buchan Hill Ponds
- Burton Park
- Chanctonbury Hill
- Chapel Common
- Chichester Harbour
- Chiddingfold Forest
- Cissbury Ring
- Clayton to Offham Escarpment
- Climping Beach
- Coates Castle
- Cow Wood and Harry's Wood
- Duncton to Bignor Escarpment
- East Dean Park Wood
- Ebernoe Common
- Fairmile Bottom
- Forest Mere
- Fyning Moor
- Halnaker Chalk Pit
- Harting Downs
- Heyshott Down
- House Copse
- Hurston Warren
- Iping Common
- Kingley Vale
- Lavington Common
- Levin Down
- The Mens
- Mills Rocks
- Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse
- Pads Wood
- Pagham Harbour
- Parham Park
- Pulborough Brooks
- Rake Hanger
- Rook Clift
- Shillinglee Lake
- Singleton and Cocking Tunnels
- St Leonard's Forest
- St Leonard's Park Ponds
- Sullington Warren
- Treyford to Bepton Down
- Upper Arun
- Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
- Waltham Brooks
- West Dean Woods
- West Harting Down
- Wolstonbury Hill
- Woolbeding and Pound Commons
- Woolmer Forest
- Worth Forest
- Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
- Bognor Common Quarry
- Bognor Reef
- Bracklesham Bay
- Chantry Mill
- Chichester Harbour
- Coneyhurst Cutting
- Coppedhall Hanger
- Eartham Pit, Boxgrove
- Felpham
- Freshfield Lane
- Horton Clay Pit
- Marehill Quarry
- Pagham Harbour
- Park Farm Cutting
- Perry Copse Outcrop
- Philpot's and Hook Quarries
- Selsey, East Beach
- Slinfold Stream and Quarry
- Stone Hill Rocks
- Turners Hill
- Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
- Warnham
- West Hoathly