Blackborough End Pit

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Blackborough End Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Norfolk, England
Grid reference TF 669 145 [1]
InterestGeological
Area13.2 hectares (33 acres) [1]
Notification 1993 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Blackborough End Pit is a 13.2-hectare (33-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This site is important as a demonstration of erosion during the Lower Cretaceous. The Carstone Formation, which dates to the Albian around 110 million years ago, rests unconformably on the Leziate Beds, which date to the Valanginian, over 130 million years ago, and the normally intervening Dersingham Beds are missing. [4]

The site is private land with no public access.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Blackborough End Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Blackborough End Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Blackborough End (Berriasian, Valanginian, Hauterivian, Barremian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Blackborough End Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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