Red House Farm Pit
Red House Farm Pit is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wickham Market in Suffolk. It is a Geological Conservation Review site, and in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
This pit exposes a 3.5 metres (11 feet) section of the sandwave facies of the Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation. It has many bryozoan fossils.
There is access to the site by a track from Lambert's Lane.
References
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Red House Farm Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Map of Red House Farm Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Red House Farm Pit, Iken (Neogene)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018" (PDF). Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Red House Farm Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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