Upware Bridge Pit North
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| 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 geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west 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 ago. It was then a sea which was connected to the Tethys Ocean, and 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 and there is no public access, but there is a viewing platform. The Fen Rivers Way goes past the site.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Upware Bridge Pit North". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Map of Upware Bridge Pit North". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Dimmock's Cote Quarry (Upware) (Oxfordian)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Upware Bridge Pit North citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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