Aldeburgh Brick Pit

Aldeburgh Brick Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Suffolk
Grid reference TM 452 572 [1]
Interest Geological
Area 0.9 hectares[1]
Notification 1990[1]
Location map Magic Map

Aldeburgh Brick Pit is a 0.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Aldeburgh in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] and it is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4]

This site has a sequence of deposits dating to the Pleistocene, and it is one of the few to have deposits dating to the Bramertonian Stage, around two million years ago. It has been fundamental to two studies of the early Pleistocene in the area.[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Aldeburgh Brick Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Aldeburgh Brick Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Aldeburgh Brick Pit (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018" (PDF). Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. p. 76. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Aldeburgh Brick Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2017.

Coordinates: 52°09′32″N 1°34′59″E / 52.159°N 1.583°E / 52.159; 1.583

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