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Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne

Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne

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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]

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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.

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  1. [1]
    "Designated Sites View: Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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    "Map of Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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    "Valley Farm, Sudbourne (Neogene)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
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    "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.
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    "Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne 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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