Hinton Charterhouse Pit

Hinton Charterhouse PitSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location within Somerset

Location| Avon
Grid reference| ST772573
Coordinates| 51°18′52″N 2°19′43″W﻿ / ﻿51.31435°N 2.32852°W﻿ / 51.31435; -2.32852
Interest| Geological
Area| 0.4 hectares (0.0040 km2; 0.0015 sq mi)
Notification| 1971 (1971)
Natural England website

Hinton Charterhouse Pit (grid reference ST772573) is a 0.4 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1971.

The Hinton Sands, where a sparse bivalve fauna has been found, is an unusual sandy facies developed in the middle of the Forest Marble Jurassic Formation. This rock unit has strong associations with William Smith, who used the name Hinton Sands for the facies early in the 19th century.[1]

## References

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1. ^ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 11 July 2006)

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Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Somerset

* Aust Cliff
* Avon Gorge
* Banwell Caves
* Banwell Ochre Caves
* Barnhill Quarry
* Barns Batch Spinney
* Bickley Wood
* Bleadon Hill
* Bourne
* Bowlditch Quarry
* Brinkmarsh Quarry
* Browne's Folly
* Buckover Road Cutting
* Burrington Combe
* Cattybrook Brickpit
* Clevedon Shore
* Compton Martin Ochre Mine
* Court Hill
* Cullimore's Quarry
* Damery Road Section
* Dundry Main Road South Quarry
* Gordano Valley
* Ham Green
* Hampton Rocks Cutting
* Hartcliff Rocks Quarry
* Hawkesbury Quarry
* Hinton Charterhouse Pit
* Hinton Hill, Wellow
* Holly Lane
* Huish Colliery Quarry
* Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm
* Kilmersdon Road Quarry
* Lower Woods
* Lulsgate Quarry
* Middle Hope
* Newton St Loe
* Nightingale Valley
* North Road Quarry, Bath
* Portishead Pier to Black Nore
* Quarry Steps, Durdham Down
* Severn Estuary
* Slickstones Quarry, Cromhall
* Spring Cove Cliffs
* Stidham Farm
* Tytherington Quarry
* Weston-in-Gordano
* Winterbourne Railway Cutting
* Writhlington

Neighbouring areas
Gloucestershire
Somerset
Wiltshire

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