Red House Farm Pit

Red House Farm Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSuffolk
Grid referenceTM 435 547[1]
InterestGeological
Area0.5 hectares[1]
Notification1985[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Red House Farm Pit is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wickham Market 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]

This pit exposes a 3.5 metres (11 feet) section of the sandwave facies of the Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation. It has many bryozoan fossils.[5]

There is access to the site by a track from Lambert's Lane.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Red House Farm Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Map of Red House Farm Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Red House Farm Pit, Iken (Neogene)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018" (PDF). Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Red House Farm Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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