Rockhall Wood Pit, Sutton Explained

Rockhall Wood Pit, Sutton
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	5.3 hectares
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Rockhall Wood Pit, Sutton is a 5.3hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Shottisham in Suffolk.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site both for its quaternary and neogene deposits.^{[3] [4]}

This site has excellent exposures of the Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation, with a vertical sequence of diagenetic changes and rich fossil fauna. It is described by Natural England as probably the most important Pliocene site in Britain.^[5]

This site is private land, but part has been converted by Geo Suffolk into a 'Pliocene Forest', with trees similar to ones which would have grown in Suffolk four million years ago.^[6]

References

52.046°N 1.358°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Rockhall Wood Pit, Sutton . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 June 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Rockhall Wood Pit, Sutton. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 June 2017.
3. Web site: Rockhall Wood, Sutton (Neogene) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 26 June 2017.
4. Web site: Rockhall Wood (Quaternary of East Anglia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 26 June 2017.
5. Web site: Rockhall Wood Pit, Sutton citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 25 June 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504231709/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000911.pdf. dead.
6. Web site: Pliocene Forest. Geo Suffolk. 26 June 2017.