Upware South Pit
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
 Location of Upware South Pit. | |
| Area of search | Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 539 709[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 1.1 hectares[1] |
| Notification date | 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.
Land ownership
[edit]All land within Upware South Pit SSSI is owned by the local authority.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Upware South Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ↑ "Map of Upware South Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ↑ "Upware South Pit (Oxfordian)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament". questions-statements.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
