Aylesford Pit Explained

Aylesford Pit is a 1.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Maidstone in Kent.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This Pleistocene site has yielded many mammalian bones and paleolithic artefacts, but its geographical isolation from other sites in the Thames sequence makes its precise correlation uncertain.^[4]

The site is private land with no public access.

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51.3088°N 0.481°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Aylesford Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 23 April 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Aylesford Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 23 April 2018.
3. Web site: Aylesford (Quaternary of South-East England) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 11 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042712/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=991 . 12 January 2018 .
4. Web site: Aylesford Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 23 April 2018.