Eye Gravel Pit

Eye Gravel Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationCambridgeshire
Grid referenceTF 230 036[1]
InterestGeological
Area0.4 hectares[1]
Notification1986[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Eye Gravel Pit is a 0.4-hectare (0.99-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Eye Green in Cambridgeshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] and part of it overlaps Eye Green Local Nature Reserve.[1]

This former gravel quarry in the East Anglian Fens has marine and a few non-marine shells laid down when the area was under the North Sea, probably during the warm Eemian period, 130,000 to 115,000 years ago. It is described by Natural England as important because it lies at the junction between fluvial and glacial deposits.[4]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Designated Sites View: Eye Gravel Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Map of Eye Gravel Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Eye Gravel Pit (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Eye Gravel Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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