Waldringfield Pit Explained

Waldringfield Pit
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	0.8 hectares
Notifydate:	1991
Map:	Magic Map

Waldringfield Pit is a 0.8hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Martlesham Heath and Waldringfield in Suffolk.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This site exposes a sequence of Pleistocene deposits, with the early Red Crag overlain by Waldringfield Gravels, the lowest unit of the Kesgrave Sands and Gravels, which were deposits on the bed of the River Thames before it was diverted south by the Anglian Glaciation around 450,000 years ago. Waldringfield Pit is the type site for the Waldringfield Gravels.^{[4] [5]}

The site is private land with no public access.

References

52.055°N 1.295°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Waldringfield Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 August 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Waldringfield Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 August 2017.
3. Web site: Waldringfield (Quaternary of East Anglia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 20 August 2017.
4. Web site: Waldringfield Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 August 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504231650/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002231.pdf. dead.
5. Book: Bridgland, D. R.. The Pleistocene of the Thames. 21. 1994. Chapman and Hall. 0-41248-830-2. London, UK. 2017-08-20. 2016-01-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20160122141116/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/v7chap1.pdf. dead.