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Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, England

Bassenhally Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location	Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	TL 286 985
Interest	Biological
Area	8.6 hectares
Notification	1984
Location map	Magic Map

Bassenhally Pit is an 8.6-hectare (21-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire.

This former gravel quarry has diverse habitats, such as a pond, marshes, grassland, scrub and woodland. The marsh is a nationally scarce habitat, and it has plants including jointed rush, creeping bent, lesser water-plantain, early marsh-orchid and water violet.

The site is owned by the Whittlesey Wildfowlers and Conservationists, and there is no public access.

References

^ "Designated Sites View: Bassenhally Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
"Map of Bassenhally Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
"Bassenhally Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

52°34′08″N 0°06′14″W / 52.569°N 0.104°W / 52.569; -0.104

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