Winchelsea Cutting is a geological
Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of
Winchelsea
Winchelsea () is a small town in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The ...
in
East Sussex.
It is a
Geological Conservation Review
The Geological Conservation Review (GCR) is produced by the UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee and is designed to identify those sites of national and international importance needed to show all the key scientific elements of the geological ...
site.
This site exposes the top two metres of the
Ashdown Sand Formation and the bottom four metres of the
Wadhurst Clay Formation, dating to the
Wealden Group of the
Lower Cretaceous
Lower may refer to:
*Lower (surname)
*Lower Township, New Jersey
*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick
Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eig ...
around 140 million years ago.
The site is at the side of the A259 road.
References
{{SSSIs East Sussex
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex
Geological Conservation Review sites
Icklesham