Gedgrave Hall Pit

Gedgrave Hall Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Suffolk
Grid reference TM 405 485 [1]
Interest Geological
Area 0.65 hectares[1]
Notification 1985[1]
Location map Magic Map

Gedgrave Hall Pit is a 0.65 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gedgrave, south of Saxmundham 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]

The site consists to two pits dating to the early Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation. The smaller pit has many well-preserved mollusc fossils, whereas those in the larger pit are highly abraded and poorly preserved.[5]

It is situated some 500 metres from the similar site: Richmond Farm Pit. The site is on private land with no public access.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Gedgrave Hall Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Gedgrave Hall Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Gedgrave Hall (Neogene)". 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. ↑ "Gedgrave Hall Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

Coordinates: 52°04′59″N 1°30′32″E / 52.083°N 1.509°E / 52.083; 1.509

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