Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton

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Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton 4.jpg
Location Suffolk
Grid reference TM 356 424 [1]
InterestGeological
Area0.7 hectares [1]
Notification 1988 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Alderton in Suffolk. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This fossiliferous site exposes rocks of the marine Red Crag Formation, with a megaripple sequence showing the gradual reduction in depth of the sea. [4] The Red Crag spans the end of the Pliocene around 2.6 million years ago and the start of the succeeding Pleistocene. [5]

There is access to the site from Buckanay Lane.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Buckanay Farm, Alderton (Neogene)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Brenchley, Patrick J.; Rawson, Peter F., eds. (2006). The Geology of England and Wales (2nd ed.). The Geological Society. pp. 432–434. ISBN   1-86239-200-5.

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