Upware Bridge Pit North

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Upware Bridge Pit North
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Upware Bridge Pit North 1.jpg
Location Cambridgeshire
Grid reference TL 543 724 [1]
InterestGeological
Area2.5 hectares [1]
Notification 1987 [1]
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Upware Bridge Pit North is a 2.5-hectare (6.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest northwest of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This site shows exposes rocks of Oxfordian age, around 160 million years old, formed when the area was in a sea connected to the Tethys Ocean; it has many Tethyan invertebrate fossils. It is described by Natural England as "an essential site for the study of Oxfordian palaeontology and palaeogeography in the English midlands". [4]

The site is a working quarry. There is no public access, but there is a viewing platform. The Fen Rivers Way passes the site.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Upware Bridge Pit North". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Upware Bridge Pit North". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dimmock's Cote Quarry (Upware) (Oxfordian)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Upware Bridge Pit North citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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