Warboys Clay Pit

Warboys Clay Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationCambridgeshire
Grid referenceTL 307 818[1]
InterestGeological
Area12.6 hectares[1]
Notification1984[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Warboys Clay Pit is a 12.6-hectare (31-acre) 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. ^ a b c d "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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