Hinton Charterhouse Pit

Hinton Charterhouse Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shown within Somerset
Area of Search Avon
Grid reference ST772573
Coordinates 51°18′52″N 2°19′43″W / 51.31435°N 2.32852°W / 51.31435; -2.32852Coordinates: 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]

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