Ben Knowle
51°12′08″N 2°41′54″W / 51.20213°N 2.69843°W / 51.20213; -2.69843
Ben Knowle (grid reference ST513450) is a 1.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1984.
Ben Knowle is a natural outcrop of Celestine rising from the Somerset Levels where contacts with the host rock, Tea Green Marl, can be seen which illustrate the stratigraphic setting of the mineral deposit.[1]
References
- ^ English Nature citation sheet for the site Archived October 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine (accessed 7 August 2006)
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
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Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
- Ben Knowle
- Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast
- Brean Down
- Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins
- Bruton Railway Cutting
- Cheddar Complex
- Cloford Quarry
- Cook's Wood Quarry
- Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
- Doulting Railway Cutting
- Emborough Quarries
- Glenthorne
- Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting
- Greylake
- Ham Hill
- Hobbs Quarry
- Holwell Quarries
- Hurcott Farm
- Hurcott Lane Cutting
- Lamb Leer
- Langport Railway Cutting
- Laycock Railway Cutting
- Leighton Road Cutting
- Low Ham
- Maes Down
- Maesbury Railway Cutting
- Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick
- Moon's Hill Quarry
- Priddy Caves
- Priddy Pools
- Rodney Stoke SSSI
- Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
- Seavington St Mary
- Shepton Montague Railway Cutting
- Snowdon Hill Quarry
- St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
- Thrupe Lane Swallet
- Vallis Vale
- Viaduct Quarry
- Windsor Hill Quarry
- Wookey Hole
- Wookey Station
- Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
- Avon
- Devon
- Dorset
- Wiltshire
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