Chequer's Wood and Old Park

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]

Chequer's Wood and Old Park
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationKent
Grid referenceTR 173 586[1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area106.9 hectares (264 acres)[1]
Notification1985[1]
Location mapMagic Map

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 owned by Canterbury City Council and the Ministry of Defence, and includes a pond (Reed Pond) which is managed by a local environmental organisation. There is a footpath and cycle path through it and small areas formerly used by the military as training areas are restricted to the public.

References
  1. "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.

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