Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Suffolk |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TM 435 530[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.5 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1986[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Orford 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]
A shelly, fossilerous Pleistocene layer lies unconformably above a Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation layer. It is described by Natural England as important both for sedimentological studies and for understanding the local relationship between the Pliocene and the Pleistocene.[5]
The site is private land with no public access.
