Chillesford Church Pit Explained

Chillesford Church Pit
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	1.1 hectares
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Chillesford Church Pit is a 1.1hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Chillesford, south of Saxmundham 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 deposits dating to the Early Pleistocene Bramertonian Stage, around 2.4 to 1.8 million years ago. Fossils of molluscs and pollen indicate a temperate climate dating to the Chillesford Crag formation. The Chillesford Clay and Chillesford Crag are parts for the Norwich Crag Formation.^[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

52.117°N 1.478°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Chillesford Church Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 21 May 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Chillesford Church Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 21 May 2017.
3. Web site: Chillesford Church (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. 2016-08-15. dead.
5. Web site: Chillesford Church Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 21 May 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504195136/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003257.pdf. 4 May 2015.