Ben Knowle

Ben Knowle
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shown within Somerset
Area of Search Somerset
Grid reference ST513450
Coordinates 51°12′08″N 2°41′54″W / 51.20213°N 2.69843°W / 51.20213; -2.69843Coordinates: 51°12′08″N 2°41′54″W / 51.20213°N 2.69843°W / 51.20213; -2.69843
Interest Geological
Area 1.5 hectares (0.015 km2; 0.0058 sq mi)
Notification 1984 (1984)
Natural England website

Ben Knowle (grid reference ST513450) is a 1.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1984.

Ben Knowle is a natural outcrop of Celestine rising from the Somerset Levels where contacts with the host rock, Tea Green Marl, can be seen which illustrate the stratigraphic setting of the mineral deposit.[1]

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