| 词条 | Hornchurch Cutting |
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|image=Hornchurch Cutting SSSI.JPG |image_caption= |name= Hornchurch Cutting |aos= Greater London |interest= Geological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| TQ547874 }} |area= 0.8 hectares |notifydate=1988 |map=Magic Map }}Hornchurch Cutting is an 0.8-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering.[1][2] It is also a Geological Conservation Review site.[3] It is at the southern edge of the Anglian ice sheet 450,000 years ago, the most extreme ice age during the Pleistocence ice ages of the last 2.58 million years. (Technically, the most southerly point reached by an ice sheet during the Quaternary was The Dell, a few metres south of St Andrew's Church.)[4] It is the type site for Hornchurch Till, boulder clay laid down by the ice sheet in the Ingrebourne Valley.[5] The site was discovered by geologist T. V. Holmes during construction of the Romford to Upminster railway line in 1892. He found a five-metre thickness of boulder clay overlaid by sand and gravel. An excavation in 1983 revealed extensive Jurassic fossils and rocks that had been carried from the Midlands by the ice sheet.[5] The site is very important for establishing the glacial stratigraphy of southern Britain.[1] It featured briefly in the Channel 4 TV series Birth of Britain with Tony Robinson in 2011.[6][7] It is between Woodhall Crescent to the north and St Andrews Park and Maywin Drive to the south.[2] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002354.pdf |title=Hornchurch Cutting citation |series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=Natural England |accessdate=15 January 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001250/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002354.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df= }} {{coord|51.5636|0.2308|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}}{{SSSIs Greater London}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002354%27 |title=Map of Hornchurch Cutting|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 15 January 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=893 |title= Hornchurch Railway Cutting (Quaternary of the Thames) |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 15 January 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/portal/p/Geology+Site+Account/s/The+Dell |publisher=The Essex Field Club |title= Geology Site Account, The Dell| accessdate=2012-06-03}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |title= Geology Site Account, Hornchurch Railway Cutting | publisher=The Essex Field Club| url=http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/portal/p/Geology+Site+Account/s/Hornchurch+Railway+Cutting+SSSI| accessdate=2012-06-03}} 6. ^Network Rail team help uncover ‘Birth of Britain’, 2011 7. ^Channel 4, Birth of Britain, Episode 2, Ice, 2011 4 : Sites of Special Scientific Interest in London|Geology of London|Hornchurch|Geological Conservation Review sites |
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