Red House Farm Pit Explained
| Red House Farm Pit |
| Aos: | Suffolk |
| Interest: | Geological |
| Area: | 0.5 hectares |
| Notifydate: | 1985 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Red House Farm Pit is a 0.5hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wickham Market in Suffolk.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] and in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4]
This pit exposes a 3.5m (11.5feet) section of the sandwave facies of the Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation. It has many bryozoan fossils.[5]
There is access to the site by a track from Lambert's Lane.
References
52.137°N 1.557°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Designated Sites View: Red House Farm Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 22 May 2017.
- Web site: Map of Red House Farm Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 22 May 2017.
- Web site: Red House Farm Pit, Iken (Neogene) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 3 May 2017.
- 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.
- Web site: Red House Farm Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 22 May 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504231916/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001633.pdf. dead.
