Turners Hill SSSI is a geological
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...
in
Turners Hill in
West Sussex.
It is a
Geological Conservation Review site.
This former quarry exposed the
Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation, part of the
Hastings Beds, which dates to the
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous ( geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name), is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 145 Ma to 100.5 Ma.
Geology
Pro ...
between about 140 and 100 million years ago. It provided excellent three dimensional sections through the Ardingly Sandstone Member of the Formation.
The site is private land with no public access. The quarry has been filled in and no geology is visible.
References
{{SSSIs West Sussex
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex
Geological Conservation Review sites