Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton Explained

Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	0.7 hectares
Notifydate:	1988
Map:	Magic Map

Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton is a 0.7hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Alderton in Suffolk.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This fossiliferous site exposes rocks of the marine Red Crag Formation, with a megaripple sequence showing the gradual reduction in depth of the sea.^[4] The Red Crag spans the end of the Pliocene around 2.6 million years ago and the start of the succeeding Pleistocene.^[5]

There is access to the site from Buckanay Lane.

References

52.03°N 1.433°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 25 June 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 25 June 2017.
3. Web site: Buckanay Farm, Alderton (Neogene) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 25 June 2017.
4. Web site: Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 25 June 2017. 5 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150505003314/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003206.pdf. dead.
5. Book: Patrick J. . Brenchley . Rawson. Peter F. . The Geology of England and Wales . 2nd . 2006 . The Geological Society . 1-86239-200-5 . 432–434.