Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne Explained

Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	0.5 hectares
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne is a 0.5hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Orford 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]

A shelly, fossilerous Pleistocene layer lies unconformably above a Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation layer. It is described by Natural England as important both for sedimentological studies and for understanding the local relationship between the Pliocene and the Pleistocene.^[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

52.122°N 1.556°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 22 May 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 22 May 2017.
3. Web site: Valley Farm, Sudbourne (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: Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 22 May 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504200346/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001527.pdf. dead.