Southborough Pit
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Kent |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TQ 593 418[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 1.1 hectares (2.7 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1993[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Southborough Pit is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tunbridge Wells in Kent.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This site dates to the Valanginian age, around 140 million years ago in the Lower Cretaceous. It is the type locality for the High Brooms Soil Bed, which contains the aquatic horsetail Equisetes lyellii.[4]
Footpaths go through the site, but it has been filled in and no geology is visible.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Southborough Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Map of Southborough Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Southborough (Wealden)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Southborough Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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