Hascot Hill Pit

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

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|name= Hascot Hill Pit

|aos= Suffolk

|interest=Geological

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|area= 0.3 hectares

|notifydate= 1987

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Hascot Hill Pit is a {{convert|0.3|hectare|acre|adj=on}} geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Needham Market in Suffolk.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004308&SiteName=hascot&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Hascot Hill Pit | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 30 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004308%27 |title=Map of Hascot Hill Pit|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 30 July 2017}} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=3127 |title= Hascot Hill Pit, Battisford (Neogene) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 30 July 2017}} It is also a Local Wildlife Site.

This is the only known site to expose beach deposits of the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene Red Crag Formation. It has beach cobbles and fossils from a littoral fauna, whereas other Red Crag sites have deposits from deeper water facies.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004308.pdf|title=Hascot Hill Pit citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=30 July 2017|archive-date=4 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504232328/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004308.pdf|url-status=dead}}

The site is private land with no public access.