Ramsholt Cliff Explained

Ramsholt Cliff
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	2.1 hectares
Notifydate:	1987
Map:	Magic Map

Ramsholt Cliff is a 2.1hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Ramsholt 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 is very important historically because it was the basis for the distinction of the Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation as a new stratigraphical division by the nineteenth-century geologist, Edward Charlesworth. The well preserved fossils include several unusual species.^[5]

Most of this steeply sloping site on the bank of the River Deben is inaccessible, but a footpath runs along the top and a track leads to a small area of bank.

References

52.035°N 1.348°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Ramsholt Cliff . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 June 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Ramsholt Cliff. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 June 2017.
3. Web site: Ramsholt Cliff, Ramsholt (Neogene) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 26 June 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: Ramsholt Cliff citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 June 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504232140/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001596.pdf. dead.