Sudbourne Park Pit

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Sudbourne Park Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Suffolk
Grid reference TM 407 513 [1]
InterestGeological
Area1.1 hectares [1]
Notification 1985 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Sudbourne Park Pit is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Orford and Chillesford 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]

This is described by Natural England as an important site for the study of the fauna of the Coralline Crag Formation, dating to the early Pliocene, around five million years ago. The fossils are plentiful and diverse, especially bivalves and molluscs. [5]

There is access from a footpath between Chillesford and Orford.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Sudbourne Park Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Sudbourne Park Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sudbourne Park (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sudbourne Park Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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