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.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] and in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4]

Red House Farm Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSuffolk
Grid referenceTM 435 547[1]
InterestGeological
Area0.5 hectares[1]
Notification1985[1]
Location mapMagic Map

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.[5]

There is access to the site by a track from Lambert's Lane.

References

52°08′13″N 1°33′25″E / 52.137°N 1.557°E / 52.137; 1.557