# Crookhill Brick Pit

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Protected area in Dorset, England

**Crookhill Brick Pit** ([grid reference](/source/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid) [SY644798](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Crookhill_Brick_Pit&params=50.616815_N_2.504556_W_region:GB_scale:25000)) is a 4.77 [hectare](/source/Hectare) [biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Biological_and_geological_Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset), England, [notified](/source/SSSI_notification) in 2003.

It supports a large population of [Great Crested Newts](/source/Great_Crested_Newt).

## Sources

- [English Nature citation sheet for the site](http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003402.pdf) (accessed 31 August 2006)

## External links

- [English Nature website](https://web.archive.org/web/20060813070641/http://www.english-nature.org.uk/) (SSSI information)

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[50°37′02″N 2°30′14″W / 50.617269°N 2.503857°W / 50.617269; -2.503857](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Crookhill_Brick_Pit&params=50.617269_N_2.503857_W_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(ST644798))

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