Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh Explained

Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	0.5 hectares
Notifydate:	1987
Map:	Magic Map

Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh is a 0.5hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Aldeburgh 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 has a 2.5 metre exposure of rocks dating to the Coralline Crag Formation of the early Pliocene, around five million years ago. It has many horizontal burrows, and is unusual because it has fossils in aragonite, which rarely survive because this mineral is soluble in water.^[5]

The site is on private land with no public access.

References

52.16°N 1.572°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 May 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 May 2017.
3. Web site: Round Hill, Aldeburgh (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: Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 May 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504231836/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001513.pdf. dead.