Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne

Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Suffolk
Grid reference TM 435 530 [1]
Interest Geological
Area 0.5 hectares[1]
Notification 1986[1]
Location map Magic Map

Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Orford in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] and in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4]

A shelly, fossilerous Pleistocene layer lies unconformably above a Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation layer. It is described by Natural England as important both for sedimentological studies and for understanding the local relationship between the Pliocene and the Pleistocene.[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Valley Farm, Sudbourne (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. ↑ "Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

Coordinates: 52°07′19″N 1°33′22″E / 52.122°N 1.556°E / 52.122; 1.556

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