Goldsands Road Pit

Goldsands Road Pit is a 1.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Southminster in Essex.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

Goldsands Road Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of SearchEssex
Grid referenceTQ 960990
InterestGeological
Area1.3 hectares
Notification1986
Location mapMagic Map

This site provides the earliest evidence of an ancient course of the combined Thames and Medway rivers, which flowed north-east across eastern Essex in the late Anglian period around 400,000 years ago.[4]

The site is on private land with no public access.

References
  1. "Goldsands Road Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. "Map of Goldsands Road Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. "Southminster, Goldsands Road Pit (Quaternary of the Thames)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. "Maldon". GeoEssex. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

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