Priest's Hill

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 51.5794, -0.9917

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Oxfordshire County Chilterns Scenic Area

Condition (Natural England)

Favourable (1)
UnitFeatureConditionArea (ha)Assessed
SU699872 — Favourable 1.0 2023-08-01

Geology & landscape

Geological Period: Quaternary

Description

Area, 1.0 hectares 2.6 ac Description Temporary exposures here have revealed Pleistocene organic silts of great importance. These deposits are attributable to an early Middle Pleistocene or a very late Lower Pleistocene interglacial period, probably older than the Cromerian and therefore not previously described in the British Isles. The site, if correctly dated, is unique and of international significance to Pleistocene stratigraphy.