Great Blakenham Pit

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Great Blakenham Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Great Blakenham Pit 2.jpg
Location Suffolk
Grid reference TM 115 499 [1]
InterestGeological
Area2.2 hectares [1]
Notification 1992 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Great Blakenham Pit is a 2.2-hectare (5.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Great Blakenham in Suffolk. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This is described by Natural England as a key site for Pleistocene studies. It has a sequence of early and middle Pleistocene deposits, including from the ancient course of the River Thames through East Anglia and from the severe Anglian ice age. [4]

The site is private property with no public access.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Great Blakenham Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Great Blakenham Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Great Blakenham (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Great Blakenham Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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