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Upware South Pit

Upware South Pit

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Upware South Pit is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) north of Upware in Cambridgeshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

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This site has rocks dating to the Oxfordian stage, around 160 million years ago. It was then a coral reef, and has fossils of bivalves and ammonites, as well as corals, which show affinities with the fauna of the Tethys Ocean. It is described by Natural England as a key site in study of the Oxfordian.[4]

There is access to the site from the Fen Rivers Way north of Upware. A small area of pasture in the north of the site, which is not open to the public, is also part of the Cam Washes biological SSSI.

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  1. [1]
    "Designated Sites View: Upware South Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Map of Upware South Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Upware South Pit (Oxfordian)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Upware South Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
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