Chequer's Wood and Old Park

Chequer's Wood and Old Park
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Kent
Grid reference TR 173 586[1]
Interest Biological
Geological
Area 106.9 hectares (264 acres)[1]
Notification 1985[1]
Location map Magic Map

Chequer's Wood and Old Park is a 106.9-hectare (264-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the eastern outskirts of Canterbury in Kent.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site includes Fordwich Pit, which has yielded a large collection of early Acheulian handaxes, between 550,000 and 300,000 old. Habitats include alder wood in a valley bottom, acidic grassland on dry sandy soil, oak and birch woodland, scrub and a pond.[4][5]

The site is Ministry of Defence land with no public access.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Chequer's Wood and Old Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Chequer's Wood and Old Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Fordwich Pit (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Chequer's Wood and Old Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Pettitt, Paul; White, Mark (2012). The British Palaeolithic: Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-415-67455-3.

Coordinates: 51°17′06″N 1°06′54″E / 51.285°N 1.115°E / 51.285; 1.115

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