Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Suffolk |
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| Grid reference | TM 356 424[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.7 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1988[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Alderton in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This fossiliferous site exposes rocks of the marine Red Crag Formation, with a megaripple sequence showing the gradual reduction in depth of the sea.[4] The Red Crag spans the end of the Pliocene around 2.6 million years ago and the start of the succeeding Pleistocene.[5]
There is access to the site from Buckanay Lane.
