Ben Knowle
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Ben Knowle 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.
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, notified in 1984.
Ben Knowle is a natural outcrop of Celestine rising from the Somerset Levels
Somerset Levels
The Somerset Levels, or the Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly known, is a sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of central Somerset, South West England, between the Quantock and Mendip Hills...
where contacts with the host rock, Tea Green Marl
Marl
Marl or marlstone is a calcium carbonate or lime-rich mud or mudstone which contains variable amounts of clays and aragonite. Marl was originally an old term loosely applied to a variety of materials, most of which occur as loose, earthy deposits consisting chiefly of an intimate mixture of clay...
, can be seen which illustrate the stratigraphic setting of the mineral deposit.
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)