Tilton Cutting

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|aos= Leicestershire

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|area= {{convert| 4.4 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1983

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Tilton Cutting is a {{convert|4.4 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Tilton on the Hill in Leicestershire.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002018&SiteName=tilton&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Tilton Cutting | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 21 November 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002018%27|title=Map of Tilton Cutting|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=21 November 2017}} It is a Geological Conservation Review site,{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=33 |title= Tilton Railway Cutting (Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 21 November 2017}} and is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust as Tilton Railway Cutting.{{cite web|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/tilton-railway-cutting/ |title= Tilton Railway Cutting |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 21 November 2017}}

This is the best site in the East Midlands which exposes the sequence of rocks in the Lower Jurassic around 180 million years ago. There are many fossils, including Tiltoniceras acutum, an age-diagnostic ammonite.{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002018.pdf |title=Tilton Cutting citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 21 November 2017}} The site has rich flora and diverse common birds.

There is access from the Tilton on the Hill to Oakham road.