[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

[3] This site is described by Natural England as of national importance for its mammal fossils, most of which were found around 1900.

Species include hippopotamuses, straight-tusked elephants, lions, aurochs and spotted hyenas.

They probably date to the warm Eemian period, around 130,000 to 115,000 years ago.

[4] The site is private land, part of which is now covered by housing.