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Hinton Charterhouse Pit

Coordinates: 51°18′52″N 2°19′43″W / 51.31435°N 2.32852°W / 51.31435; -2.32852
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Hinton Charterhouse Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Hinton Charterhouse Pit is located in Somerset
Hinton Charterhouse Pit
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST772573
Coordinates51°18′52″N 2°19′43″W / 51.31435°N 2.32852°W / 51.31435; -2.32852
InterestGeological
Area0.4 hectares (0.0040 km2; 0.0015 sq mi)
Notification1971 (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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