Aldeburgh Brick Pit Explained

Aldeburgh Brick Pit
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	0.9 hectares
Notifydate:	1990
Map:	Magic Map

Aldeburgh Brick Pit is a 0.9hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Aldeburgh 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 site has a sequence of deposits dating to the Pleistocene, and it is one of the few to have deposits dating to the Bramertonian Stage, around two million years ago. It has been fundamental to two studies of the early Pleistocene in the area.^[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

52.159°N 1.583°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Aldeburgh Brick Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 28 May 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Aldeburgh Brick Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 28 May 2017.
3. Web site: Aldeburgh Brick Pit (Quaternary of East Anglia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 3 May 2017.
4. Web site: Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018. 76. Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815202035/http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf. 15 August 2016. dead.
5. Web site: Aldeburgh Brick Pit citation . Sites of Special Scientific Interest . Natural England . 28 May 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133251/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002444.pdf . 2 April 2015 .