Barrington Pit Explained

Barrington Pit
Aos:Cambridgeshire
Interest:Geological
Area:3.8 hectares
Notifydate:1989
Map: Magic Map

Barrington Pit is a 3.8hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Barrington in Cambridgeshire.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site is described by Natural England as of national importance for its mammal fossils, most of which were found around 1900. Species include hippopotamuses, straight-tusked elephants, lions, aurochs and spotted hyenas. They probably date to the warm Eemian period, around 130,000 to 115,000 years ago.[4]

The site is private land, part of which is now covered by housing.

References

52.123°N 0.019°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Barrington Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Map of Barrington Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Barrington Pit (Pleistocene Vertebrata) . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 29 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Barrington Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 September 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222857/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000038.pdf. 3 March 2016.

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