Warboys Clay Pit

Warboys Clay Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Cambridgeshire
Grid reference TL 307 818 [1]
Interest Geological
Area 12.6 hectares[1]
Notification 1984[1]
Location map Magic Map

Warboys Clay Pit is a 12.6 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Warboys in Cambridgeshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

According to Natural England this "unrivalled Oxfordian section shows more than 20 metres of Upper Oxford Clay". It has ammonite fossils dating to the Late Jurassic, around 160 million years ago.[4]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Warboys Clay Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Warboys Clay Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Warboys Clay Pit (Oxfordian)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Warboys Clay Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  • Wright, J.K. (2001). "Upper Jurassic stratigraphy in the East Midlands: Warboys Clay Pit". British Upper Jurassic Stratigraphy (Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) (PDF). Geological Conservation Review. 21. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. ISBN 9781861074829.

Coordinates: 52°25′08″N 0°04′48″W / 52.419°N 0.08°W / 52.419; -0.08

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