Gedgrave Hall Pit Explained

Gedgrave Hall Pit
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	0.65 hectares
Notifydate:	1985
Map:	Magic Map

Gedgrave Hall Pit is a 0.65hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gedgrave, 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]

The site consists to two pits dating to the early Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation. The smaller pit has many well-preserved mollusc fossils, whereas those in the larger pit are highly abraded and poorly preserved.^[5]

It is situated some 500 metres from the similar site: Richmond Farm Pit. The site is on private land with no public access.

References

52.083°N 1.509°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Gedgrave Hall Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 21 May 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Gedgrave Hall Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 21 May 2017.
3. Web site: Gedgrave 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. 15 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815202035/http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf. dead.
5. Web site: Gedgrave Hall Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 21 May 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504194938/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004178.pdf. dead.