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Cannoncourt Farm Pit

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Berkshire
Location	Berkshire
Grid reference	SU 877 830
Coordinates	51°32′20″N 0°44′13″W / 51.539°N 0.737°W / 51.539; -0.737
Interest	Geological
Area	0.3 hectares (0.74 acres)
Notification	1987
Location map	Magic Map

Cannoncourt Farm Pit is a 0.3-hectare (0.74-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Maidenhead in Berkshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

In the early twentieth century, these gravel pits yielded many Paleolithic tools of the Acheulian and Levallois industries, associated with the Neanderthals, including the largest hand axe ever found. The site is in the Lynch Hill Terrace of the River Thames, dating to the Wolstonian Stage between 350-200,000 years ago.

The pits have long ago been filled in and are now under a path and open ground in northern Maidenhead.

References

1. ^ "Designated Sites View: Cannoncourt Farm Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
2. "Map of Cannoncourt Farm Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
3. "Cannoncourt Farm Pit (Quaternary of the Thames)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
4. "Cannoncourt Farm Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
5. "The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Lynch Hill Gravel Member". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

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