{{Short description|Geological site in the United Kingdom}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Ramsholt Cliff.jpg |image_caption = |name= Ramsholt Cliff |aos= Suffolk |interest=Geological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall|TM 297 427 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 2.1 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1987<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001596%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Ramsholt Cliff''' is a {{convert|2.1|hectare|acre|adj=on}} geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Ramsholt in Suffolk.<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001596&SiteName=ramsholt&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Ramsholt Cliff | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 26 June 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001596%27|title=Map of Ramsholt Cliff|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 26 June 2017}}</ref> It is a Geological Conservation Review site,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=512 |title= Ramsholt Cliff, Ramsholt (Neogene) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 26 June 2017}}</ref> and it is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf|page=76|title=Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018|publisher=Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB|access-date=6 August 2016|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815202035/http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001596.pdf|title=Ramsholt Cliff citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=26 June 2017|archive-date=4 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504232140/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001596.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.
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