Barrington Chalk Pit
id:
barrington-chalk-pit-316-10390027
title:
Barrington Chalk Pit
text:
Barrington Chalk Pit is a 97.1-hectare (240-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Barrington in Cambridgeshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. This large quarry is the only surviving exposure of the Cretaceous Cambridge Greensand. Fossils include brachiopods and fish teeth. It is overlain by thick sequences of chalk and Totternhoe Stone. Large parts of the site are a working quarry which is closed to the public, while other areas have been filled in and are now
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Site of Special Scientific Interest near Barrington in Cambridgeshire
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrington_Chalk_Pit
date created:
date modified:
2024-02-12T18:00:04Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q27990706","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q27990706"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Barrington_Chalk_Pit_5.jpg","width":2816,"height":2112}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15