Upware South Pit
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| File:Upware South Pit 4.jpg | |
| Location | Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 539 709[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 1.1 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1989[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
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]
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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