Sudbourne Park Pit Explained

Sudbourne Park Pit
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	1.1 hectares
Notifydate:	1985
Map:	Magic Map

Sudbourne Park Pit is a 1.1hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Orford and Chillesford 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 is described by Natural England as an important site for the study of the fauna of the Coralline Crag Formation, dating to the early Pliocene, around five million years ago. The fossils are plentiful and diverse, especially bivalves and molluscs.^[5]

There is access from a footpath between Chillesford and Orford.

References

52.108°N 1.514°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Sudbourne Park Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 May 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Sudbourne Park Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 May 2017.
3. Web site: Sudbourne Park (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: Sudbourne Park Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 May 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504195638/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001649.pdf. dead.