Ten geological sites in Jersey formally receive special protected status

Dolmen de Faldouet is one of the ten newly protected sites in the island. Credit: Government of Jersey

Ten areas across Jersey have received protected status by being made Sites of Designated Geological Interest (GSSIs) by the Government of Jersey.

It follows an audit carried out by the British Geological Society in 2020.

The owners of these sites may need to ask permission to carry out works that could affect them in the future such as making excavations or removing rock.

The 10 new GSSIs are in the following areas of the island:

  • Dolmen de Faldouet

  • Noirmont Point

  • Les Varines

  • St Peter's Valley near Gargate Mill and Le Moulin de Quetivel

  • Fliquet Bay

  • La Rocque

  • Le Dicq to the Lido (Havre des Pas)

  • Beauport and Fiquet

  • Petit Portelet

  • Mont Orgueil Castle Headland

The first sites of Geological Interest in Jersey were designated in 2009.

An extra six are also currently being assessed.