{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Tilton on the Hill Railway Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 2127146.jpg |image_caption = |name= Tilton Cutting |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Geological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 763 052 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert| 4.4 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002018%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''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]].<ref name=dsv>{{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}}</ref><ref name=map>{{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}}</ref> It is a [[Geological Conservation Review]] site,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and is owned and managed by the [[Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust]] as Tilton Railway Cutting.<ref name=LRWT>{{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}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> The site has rich flora and diverse common birds.<ref name=LRWT/>
There is access from the Tilton on the Hill to [[Oakham]] road.
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Tilton Cutting}} {{coord| 52.64| -0.873 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{SSSIs Leicestershire }} {{Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust }}
[[Category:Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust]] [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire]] [[Category:Geological Conservation Review sites]]