Aldeburgh Hall Pit Explained

Aldeburgh Hall Pit
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	1.0 hectares
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Aldeburgh Hall Pit is a one hectare 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 very fossiliferous rocks of the early Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation around five million years ago. The Bryozoan fauna are rich and diverse, and the stratification may indicate the interior of an offshore sandbank.^[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

52.153°N 1.583°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Aldeburgh Hall Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 28 May 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Aldeburgh Hall Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 28 May 2017.
3. Web site: Aldeburgh Hall (Neogene) . 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 Hall Pit citation . Sites of Special Scientific Interest . Natural England . 28 May 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124726/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001559.pdf . 2 April 2015 .