Nightingale Valley
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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 Location within Somerset
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| Area of Search | Avon |
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| Grid reference | ST449751 |
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| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 5.4 hectares (0.054 km2; 0.021 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1989 |
| Natural England website | |
Nightingale Valley (grid reference ST449751) is a 5.4 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Portishead, North Somerset, notified in 1989.
This site in the Vale of Gordano is listed because of Pleistocene ‘plateau-deposits’ which include ‘cannon-shot’ gravels, fine sandy gravels and silty gravels with a wide range of erratic lithologies.[1]
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- ↑ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 12 July 2006)
