Hinton Charterhouse Pit
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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox SSSI Hinton Charterhouse Pit (Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) 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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- ↑ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 11 July 2006)
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