Blackborough End Pit

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Blackborough End Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Blackborough End Pit 4.jpg
LocationNorfolk
Grid referenceTF 669 145[1]
InterestGeological
Area13.2 hectares (33 acres)[1]
Notification1993[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Blackborough End Pit is a 13.2-hectare (33-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of King's Lynn in Norfolk.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site is important as a demonstration of erosion during the Lower Cretaceous. The Carstone Formation, which dates to the Albian around 110 million years ago, rests unconformably on the , which date to the Valanginian, over 130 million years ago, and the normally intervening are missing.[4]

The site is private land with no public access.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Blackborough End Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Map of Blackborough End Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Blackborough End (Berriasian, Valanginian, Hauterivian, Barremian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Blackborough End Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

Coordinates: 52°42′07″N 0°28′08″E / 52.702°N 0.469°E / 52.702; 0.469

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