Ramsholt Cliff
Geological site in the United Kingdom
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Ramsholt Cliff is a 2.1-hectare (5.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Ramsholt 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]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| |
| Location | Suffolk |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TM 297 427[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 2.1 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1987[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
This site is very important historically because it was the basis for the distinction of the Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation as a new stratigraphical division by the nineteenth-century geologist, Edward Charlesworth. The well preserved fossils include several unusual species.[5]
Most of this steeply sloping site on the bank of the River Deben is inaccessible, but a footpath runs along the top and a track leads to a small area of bank.