Stoke Tunnel Cutting, Ipswich facts for kids
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Area of Search | Suffolk |
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| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 2.2 hectares |
| Notification | 1990 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Stoke Tunnel Cutting, Ipswich is a 2.2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ipswich in Suffolk. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
This fossiliferous site dates to the late Marine Isotope Stage 7, around 190,000 years ago. It is part of a high level terrace of the River Orwell and it has European pond tortoises, lions, mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, horses and voles.
There is no public access to the site.
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