Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Suffolk |
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Grid reference | TM 405 485 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 0.65 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1985 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Gedgrave Hall Pit is a 0.65-hectare (1.6-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gedgrave, 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]
The site consists to two pits dating to the early Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation. The smaller pit has many well-preserved mollusc fossils, whereas those in the larger pit are highly abraded and poorly preserved. [5]
It is situated some 500 metres from the similar site: Richmond Farm Pit. The site is on private land with no public access.