Stoke Tunnel Cutting, Ipswich
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Suffolk |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TM 161 433[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 2.2 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1990[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Stoke Tunnel Cutting, Ipswich is a 2.2-hectare (5.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ipswich in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3][4]
This fossiliferous site dates to the late Marine Isotope Stage 7, around 190,000 years ago. It is part of a high level terrace of the River Orwell and it has European pond tortoises, lions, mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, horses and voles.[5][6]
There is no public access to the site.
