Hinton Charterhouse Pit
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
  Location within Somerset | |
| Area of Search | Avon |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | ST772573 |
| Coordinates | 51°18′52″N 2°19′43″W / 51.31435°N 2.32852°WCoordinates: 51°18′52″N 2°19′43″W / 51.31435°N 2.32852°W |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.4 hectares (0.0040 km2; 0.0015 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1971 |
| Natural England website | |
Hinton Charterhouse Pit (grid reference ST772573) is a 0.4 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1971.
The Hinton Sands, where a sparse bivalve fauna has been found, is an unusual sandy facies developed in the middle of the Forest Marble Jurassic Formation. This rock unit has strong associations with William Smith, who used the name Hinton Sands for the facies early in the 19th century.[1]
References
- ↑ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 11 July 2006)
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