Ramsholt Cliff

Ramsholt Cliff is a 2.1-hectare (5.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Ramsholt 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]

Ramsholt Cliff

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Suffolk
Grid reference	TM 297 427[1]
Interest	Geological
Area	2.1 hectares[1]
Notification	1987[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This site is very important historically because it was the basis for the distinction of the Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation as a new stratigraphical division by the nineteenth-century geologist, Edward Charlesworth. The well preserved fossils include several unusual species.^[5]

Most of this steeply sloping site on the bank of the River Deben is inaccessible, but a footpath runs along the top and a track leads to a small area of bank.