Bobbitshole, Belstead

{{Short description|Protected area in Suffolk, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

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|name= Bobbitshole, Belstead

|aos= Suffolk

|interest=Geological

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|area= 1.7 hectares

|notifydate= 1987

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Bobbitshole is a {{convert|1.7|hectare|acre|adj=on}} geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Belstead, on the southern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002321&SiteName=bobbit&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Bobbitshole, Belstead | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 13 August 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002321%27|title=Map of Bobbitshole, Belstead|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 13 August 2017}} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=599 |title= Bobbits Hole (Quaternary of East Anglia) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 13 August 2017}}

This is the type locality for the warm Ipswichian interglacial around 130,000 to 115,000 year ago. It has yielded continuous deposits from the end of the preceding Wolstonian cold stage to the end of the Ipswichian. It is described by Natural England as a "nationally important Pleistocene reference site".{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002321.pdf|title=Bobbitshole, Belstead citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-date=18 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318163149/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002321.pdf|url-status=dead}}

This site is private land with no public access. It has been filled in and no geology is visible.