Holly Lane SSSI
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Holly Lane SSSI (grid reference ST419727) is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Walton St. Mary, North Somerset, notified in 1990.
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Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Avon |
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Grid reference | ST419727 |
Coordinates | 51.45029°N 2.83749°W / 51.45029; -2.83749 |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 0.5 hectares (0.0050 km2; 0.0019 sq mi) |
Notification | 1990 (1990) |
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This Geological Conservation Review site shows deep subaerial sands and breccias burying a fossil cliff, shoreplatform, wave-cut notch and cave. The sands are of Pleistocene age and thought to be aeolian (windblown) coversands. They contain recycled foraminifera (eroded from older rocks) and open-ground terrestrial mollusca. Fossils of mammalian fauna include horse, bear, wolf, fox and several rodent species.[1]
Holly Lane make cakes for the Aldi supermarket in the UK.