Ben Knowle

Ben Knowle
Site of Special Scientific Interest
	Location within Somerset
Location	Somerset
Grid reference	ST513450
Coordinates	51°12′08″N 2°41′54″W / 51.20213°N 2.69843°W
Interest	Geological
Area	1.5 hectares (0.015 km2; 0.0058 sq mi)
Notification	1984
	Natural England website

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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[1] English Nature citation sheet for the site Archived October 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine (accessed 7 August 2006)

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v t e Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
Summary	Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
SSSIs	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
Neighbouring areas	Avon Devon Dorset Wiltshire