Barrington Pit

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Barrington Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Cambridgeshire
Grid reference TL 383 491 [1]
InterestGeological
Area3.8 hectares [1]
Notification 1989 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Barrington Pit is a 3.8-hectare (9.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Barrington in Cambridgeshire. [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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Barrington Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Barrington Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Barrington Pit (Pleistocene Vertebrata)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Barrington Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

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