Sandy Lane Pit, Barham

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Sandy Lane Pit, Barham
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Quarry entrance - geograph.org.uk - 933526.jpg
Location Suffolk
Grid reference TM 135 515 [1]
InterestGeological
Area11.1 hectares [1]
Notification 1983 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Sandy Lane Pit, Barham is an 11.1-hectare (27-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Barham in Suffolk, England. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This site has deposits which span the period from the Beestonian Stage, which ended around 866,000 years ago, through the warm Cromerian Stage to the severe ice age of the Anglian Stage, which started around 478,000 years ago. It has Beestonian deposits thought to have been laid down by the proto-Thames, and a paleosol, a former land surface dating to the Anglian. [4]

The site is private land with no public access.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Sandy Lane Pit, Barham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Sandy Lane Pit, Barham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Barham Sandy Lane Pit (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sandy Lane Pit, Barham citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

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