Asham Quarry

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|name= Asham Quarry

|aos= East Sussex

|interest=Geological

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|area= {{convert|2.6|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1999

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Asham Quarry is a {{convert| 2.6 |ha|acre|abbr=off |adj=on }} geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Newhaven in East Sussex.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1006670&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Asham Quarry | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 10 January 2019}}{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271006670%27|title=Map of Asham Quarry|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 10 January 2019}} It is a Geological Conservation Review site{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1907 |title= Asham Quarry (Quaternary of South-East England) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 9 January 2019}} and in the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1006670.pdf |title=Asham Quarry citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 10 January 2019}}

This site provides important biostratigraphical and lithostratigraphical evidence about environmental conditions during the last 100,000 years, the Last Glacial Period and the Holocene. It is notable for its extensive early and mid Holocene deposits and for having yielded a series of radiocarbon dates.