Sandy Braes ASSI

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Biodiversity,
Protected areas

Protected area type: Areas of Special Scientific Interest

Feature type: Earth Science

County: Antrim

Council: Antrim and Newtownabbey

Guidance and literature: Sandy Braes ASSI

Sandy Braes ASSI provides excellent access to a range of important earth science features.

The rocks here date from the Palaeogene, some 60 million years ago and they probably formed between the main eruptions of the Antrim lavas. At this time, the north Atlantic Ocean had begun to open and the volcanic rocks are directly associated with this event.

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