Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Suffolk |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TM 444 573[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.5 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1987[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Aldeburgh 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 site has a 2.5 metre exposure of rocks dating to the Coralline Crag Formation of the early Pliocene, around five million years ago. It has many horizontal burrows, and is unusual because it has fossils in aragonite, which rarely survive because this mineral is soluble in water.[5]
The site is on private land with no public access.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Map of Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Round Hill, Aldeburgh (Neogene)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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