Great Blakenham Pit Explained

Great Blakenham Pit
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	2.2 hectares
Notifydate:	1992
Map:	Magic Map

Great Blakenham Pit is a 2.2hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Great Blakenham in Suffolk.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This is described by Natural England as a key site for Pleistocene studies. It has a sequence of early and middle Pleistocene deposits, including from the ancient course of the River Thames through East Anglia and from the severe Anglian ice age.^[4]

The site is private property with no public access.

References

52.107°N 1.087°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Great Blakenham Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 30 July 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Great Blakenham Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 30 July 2017.
3. Web site: Great Blakenham (Quaternary of East Anglia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 30 July 2017.
4. Web site: Great Blakenham Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 30 July 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504200302/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004221.pdf. dead.