Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Suffolk |
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Grid reference | TM 382 522 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.1 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1986 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Chillesford Church Pit is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Chillesford, south of Saxmundham 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 deposits dating to the Early Pleistocene Bramertonian Stage, around 2.4 to 1.8 million years ago. Fossils of molluscs and pollen indicate a temperate climate dating to the Chillesford Crag formation. The Chillesford Clay and Chillesford Crag are parts for the Norwich Crag Formation. [5]
The site is private land with no public access.