Upware Bridge Pit North
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| File:Upware Bridge Pit North 1.jpg | |
| Location | Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 543 724[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 2.5 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1987[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
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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