Flixton Quarry

Flixton Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSuffolk
Grid referenceTM 290 859[1]
InterestGeological
Area0.7 hectares[1]
Notification1991[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Flixton Quarry is a 0.7 hectares (1.7 acres) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest 3.75 miles (6.04 km) south-west of Bungay in the English county of Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site[3] located in the parish of Homersfield.

This site has sands and gravels which are thought to be a glacial outwash dating to the most extreme ice age of the Pleistocene epoch, the Anglian glaciation around 450,000 years ago. It is described by Natural England as important because of its relationship with deposits of the succeeding Hoxnian Stage.[4]

There is access to the site from the Angles Way footpath.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Flixton Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Map of Flixton Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Flixton Quarry (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Flixton Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
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