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SIGNIFICANCE |
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CONSERVATION a=
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MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS |
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NOTES |
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Site name(s) |
NGR |
Site descrip |
Site type |
Geo-features |
References |
Stratotypes |
ESCC category(s) |
LS status |
NCC HER |
JCA |
Other |
CWS |
SSSI |
GCR Block(s) |
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| Ashill |
Ashill Chalk Pit |
TF873042 |
disused quarry |
geol |
Exposure of Cretaceous
Coniacian or Santonian Chalk of the M.coranguinum Zone. Link with
biodiversity CWS. |
Peake & Hancock 19=
61, site
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JCA84 |
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CWS 914 County Council=
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Private |
Peake & Hancock; =
Norf 1
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| Beeston
With Bittering |
[Punch Farm Quarry]
| TF898165 |
Active Quarry |
Geol |
[Ongoing exposure of
Pleistocene Anglian glacial sands and gravels] |
? |
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EA |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
NCC #4.2008 |
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| Beeston
With Bittering |
Spreadoak Pit & [=
Bittering
Quarry] |
TF936172 |
[former quarry used as=
grading
plant] |
Geol |
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
glacial sands and gravels and lacustrine deposits] |
? |
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[ED] |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
ERPP 1996 p197; NCC #=
4.2008;
NCC #5.2008 |
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| Beeston
With Bittering |
Stewart Bros Gravel P=
it &
[Beeston Quarry] & [Manor Farm Pit] |
TF905164 & TF9001=
64 &
TF905164 |
[disused quarry] |
Geol |
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne Anglian
glacial sands and gravels] |
? |
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
ERPP 1996 p197; |
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| Beetley |
[East Bilney Pit] &am=
p;
[Creefers Hill Quarry] |
TF954187 |
[active quarry] |
Geol |
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne Anglian
glacial sands and gravels including the Hungry Hill Gravels ('plateau or
cannonshot gravels') over chalky boulder clay of the Lowestoft Till |
? |
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EA |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
NCC #4.2008 |
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| Beetley |
Hungry Hill Quarry &a=
mp; School
Road Quarry |
TF957188 & TF9641=
87 |
landscaped former quar=
ry &
active quarry |
Geol |
Exposures of Pleistoce=
ne Anglian
glacial sands and gravels most notably the Hungry Hill Gravels ('plateau =
or
cannon-shot gravels') over chalky boulder clay of the Lowestoft Till. |
[Phillips 1976] |
informal: Hungry Hill =
Gravels
(Phillips 1976) |
ED & EA |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
THW 2008; |
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| Beetley |
Beetley Gravel Pit &am=
p; Pit
South West of Gravel Pit Plantation |
TF9817 or TF987179 |
[active quarry] |
Geol |
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne terrace
sands and gravels] |
? |
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EA |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
BMF 1992; ERPP 1996, p=
197 |
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| Beetley |
Roosting Hills Pit &am=
p; Beetley
Quarry |
[TF987185] |
Quarry complex |
Geol & Envt |
Former important expos=
ures of
Pleistocene glacial and interglacial terrace deposits of the Whitewater
valley, tributary of R Wensum. Lacustrine deposits of Hoxnian age overlyi=
ng
Anglian till and outwash gravels. Post-Anglian gravels forming the Beetle=
y Terrace.
Ipswichian deposits yielding yielding fossil mammal bones including
hippopotamus and straight-tusked elephant. Overlain by Devensian terrace
gravels. Site subject of major monograph by RG West. |
Markham 1969; McWilliam=
s 1972;
Phillips 1976; West 1991;
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
RADM 2007; NCC #1.2007=
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#2.2007; |
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| Billingford |
Billingford Common Pit=
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TF017197 |
Small disused pit |
Geol |
Exposure of Anglian ou=
twash
sands and gravels (the Hungry Hill gravels of central Norfolk. 2m of flint
gravel with orange sand recorrded 1976. |
Blake 1888; Phillips 19=
76; |
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ED |
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JCA 84 |
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Private |
RSLond 1976 |
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Private |
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RSLond 1976; |
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| Billingford |
Billingford Gravel Pit=
s |
TG 014199 & TG0161=
95 |
[landscaped and floode=
d former
gravel pit complex] |
Geol |
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne terrace
deposits of the Wensum valley] |
? |
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EA & ED |
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JCA 84 |
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CWS 668 - Swanton Morle=
y Gravel
Pits |
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Private (part of Common=
is Open
Access land) |
BMF 1992; NCC #1.2007;=
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| Bintree |
Bintree Mill Chalk Pit=
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TF999242 |
disused quarry |
Geol |
Exposure of cryoturbat=
ed
Cretaceous Upper Chalk displaying flint nodules below Pleistocene [Anglia=
n]
outwash sands and gravels |
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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adjacent to CWS 2004 (A=
dj River
Wensum) |
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Private |
NV 2008; AFP 2008; |
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| Bradenham |
West Bradenham Gravel =
Pit |
[TF912089] |
landscaped former grav=
el pit |
Geol |
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
gravels in the R. Wissey valley] |
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ED |
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JCA 84 |
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adjacent to CWS 995 (Ad=
j. River
Wissey) |
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[Private] |
BMF 1992 - 'overgrown =
gravel
pit' |
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| Brettenham |
[Church Pit] |
TL932837 |
overgrown hummocky are=
a |
Arch & Geol |
Findspot of Palaeolith=
ic
hand-axes in Pleistocene sand on river terrace of Thet Valley |
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
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EB & ED |
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Norfolk 6052 |
JCA85 |
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Private |
ERPP 1996 |
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| Brettenham |
Shadwell Park Pit |
TL926 825 |
[disused gravel pit]
| Geol |
Pleistocene gravels
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ED |
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JCA85 |
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Private |
Norf 1 Dat; |
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| Brettenham |
[Snare Hill Hall Pit]<=
/td>
| TL885830 |
open pit with mature t=
rees |
Arch & Geol |
Findspot of 21 Palaeol=
ithic
hand-axes in Pleistocene river terrace deposits of Thet valley |
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
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EB & ED |
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Norfolk 5792, 5953 |
JCA85 |
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Private |
ERPP 1996 |
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| Cranwich |
Gravel Pit |
TL775929 |
overgrown shallow pit =
in
forestry |
Arch & Geol |
Findpspot of two Palae=
olithic
hand-axes in Pleistocene gravels over Cretaceous Chalk |
ERPP 1996 |
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EB & ED |
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Norfolk 4950 |
JCA85 |
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SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
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Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited. |
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Private + Public |
ERPP 1996 |
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| Croxton |
Devil's Punchbowl GCR |
TL878892 |
Breckland mere |
Geom & Envt |
Nationally important e=
xample of
fluctuating mere developed in karst depression (doline). Link with biodiversity. GCR site=
part
of Stanford Training Area SSSI bio + geo. [See also Breckland Meres site e=
ntry] |
SSSI citation |
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IA |
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JCA85 |
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SSSI bio + geo (Stanford Training Are=
a) |
KAR (site 1112) |
Public |
BMF 1992 - File N17
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Dereham |
Badley Moor SSSI |
TG013117 |
spring-fed rough pastu=
re and fen
land |
Geom & Envt |
Example of chalk sprin=
gs with
associated tufa formations forming flushed hummocks ('the finest in
Britain'). Link with biodiversity. SSSI bio. |
SSSI citation. Gilvear =
et al
1993. |
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IA |
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JCA84 |
Common Land |
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SSSI bio (Badley Moor,=
Dereham) |
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[Public] |
BMF 1992 |
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Harling |
[East Harling Chalk Pi=
t] |
TM 004 869 |
disused pit |
Geol |
Exposure of Cretaceous=
Santonian
Chalk of the M.testudinarius/U.socialis Zone [the most significant in
Norfolk]. Chalk shows glaci=
al
disturbance. |
Peake & Hancock 196=
1, site
127 p336; |
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ED |
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[JCA85] |
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Private |
Peake & Hancock; |
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| East
Tuddenham |
[East Tuddenham Gravel=
Pits] |
TG 074 117 |
[landscaped former gra=
vel pit
complex] |
Geol |
[Former exposures of P=
leistocene
sands and gravels] |
? |
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
BMF 1992; Aerial 1999;=
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| Elsing |
Mill Street Gravel Pit=
s &
Fustyweed Pits |
TG056183 |
[landscaped former gra=
vel pit
complex] |
Geol |
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace sands and gravels of River Wensum, including Ipswichian interglac=
ial
deposits. [Pits worked 1950=3D=3D1970] . Link with biodiversity CWS. |
Cox 1985; |
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JCA84 |
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CWS 675 Pits near Mill =
Street |
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[Private] |
BMF 1992; NCC #1.2007;=
PL
#1.2008; |
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| Foulden |
Foulden Common |
TF765005 |
area of marshy land wi=
th pingo
ponds |
Geom & Envt |
Important example of =
Devensian
relict pingos or palsas with link to biodiversity. SSSI bio. |
SSSI citation |
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IS |
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JCA85 |
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SSSI bio (Foulden Com=
mon) |
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Public |
BMF 1992 |
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| Garveston
(Reymerston) |
Calveley Hall Pit |
TG 018 050 & TG 01=
5048 |
[landscaped former gra=
vel pit
complex] |
Geol & [Envt] |
[Former exposures of P=
leistocene
sands and gravels of the R Blackwater valley] |
? |
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JCA84 |
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CWS 650 Calveley Hall P=
it |
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Private |
BMF 1992; Aerial 1999;=
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| Garveston
(Reymerston) |
Reymerston Gravel Pits=
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TG034058 |
[landscaped former gra=
vel pit
complex] |
Geol & [Envt] |
[Former exposures of P=
leistocene
sands and gravels of the Blackwater valley, a right-bank tributary of the=
R
Yare] |
? |
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JCA84 |
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CWS 651 Reymerston Grav=
el Pits |
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Private |
BMF 1992; NCC #1.2007;=
ERPP
1996, p196; Aerial 1999; |
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| Gressenhall |
Church Pit |
TF958156 |
Old gravel pit near ch=
urch |
Geol |
Exposure of Anglian ou=
twash
sands and gravels (the Hungry Hill Gravels of central Norfolk).Up to 4.6m
coarse rounded flint gravel recorded 1976. Patches of such gravels mapped=
as
Valley Gravels in Old Series Drift map, reinterpreted by Linda Phillips a=
s Plateau
Gravel, poss constructional features left by decaying ice. |
Phillips 1976; |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
RSLond 1976; |
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| Hockham |
Frost's Common |
TL 945 935 |
Area of ponds in woodl=
and |
Geom & Envt |
Examples of relict Dev=
ensian
periglacial ground-ice depressions (pingos or palsas) with associated
ramparts |
Site not published |
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IS |
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JCA85 |
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CWS826 Furze Allotment =
(part) |
SSSI bio (Breckland Fo=
rest) |
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Private + Public |
THW 2008 |
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| Hockham
& Stow Bedon |
Hockham Mere GCR &=
Cranberry
Rough |
TL933937 |
Bog and swamp woodland=
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Envt & Hist & G=
eom |
Important Holocene
palaeo-environmental archive in sediments of former natural lake Hockham =
Mere
drained in 1790s. Site of pioneering palynological investigations in
1950s. GCR site (Hockham Me=
re).
Link with biodiversity SSSI bio. |
GCR citation; Godwin &a=
mp;
Tallantire 1951; Sims 1978; =
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EB |
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JCA85 |
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SSSI bio (Cranberry Ro=
ugh,
Hockham) |
QEA |
Private |
BMF 1992 - file N27
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| Hockham |
Great Hockham Erratic=
& The
Village Stone & Hockham Stone |
TL 9530 9257 |
Erratic boulder |
Geol & Cult |
Large erratic boulder=
of Lower
Cretaceous Spilsby Sandstone Formation. Discovered on farmland east of the
village and resited on the Village Green c.1880; ritually turned over to =
mark
notable events in the life of the parish. |
Lott 2010; |
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FM |
RIGS 06 (designated Jan=
2010) |
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JCA85 |
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RIGS citation |
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| Hoe |
Hoe Gravel Pit |
[TF987170] & TF989=
171 |
Disused gravel pit |
Geol |
Exposure of Anglian ou=
twash
sands and gravels (the Hungry Hill Gravels of central Norfolk). 4.6m oran=
ge
sand beneath 1m coarse rounded flint gravel beneath 0.3m orange sand reco=
rded
1976. |
Blake 1888; Phillips 19=
76; |
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JCA 84 |
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CWS 1029 Hoe Gravel Pit=
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Private |
BMF 1992; NCC #1.2007;=
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| Kilverstone |
Langmere Hill Pit |
TL909836 |
[disused chalk pit]
| Geol |
Exposure of Cretaceous=
Coniacian
Chalk, M.cortestudinarium Zone, underlying Pleistocene Anglian Lowestoft
Till. |
? |
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ED |
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JCA85 |
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Private |
Norf 1 Dat; |
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| Lexham |
[West Lexham Chalk Qua=
rry] |
TF833178 |
[former quarry] |
Geol |
[Exposure of Cretaceou=
s Chalk of
the M.coranguinum Zone] |
? |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
NCC #2.2007; |
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Cressingham |
River Blackwater, Chur=
ch Meadow
Site |
TF 888 004 |
south side of River Bl=
ackwater |
Arch & Geol |
Findspot of bout-coup&=
eacute;
hand-axe in mint condition fromsandy gravel underlying floodplain alluviu=
m.
Associated with other example found in Saham Toney in river dredging
spoil. |
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996
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EW & EB |
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JCA85 |
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Private |
JJW 1985; ERPP 1996
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| Longham |
Longham Hall Pit |
TF929163 |
Disused sand and grave=
l pit |
Geol |
Exposure of Anglian ou=
twash
sands and gravels (the Hungry Hill gravels of central Norfolk. Till formi=
ng
floor of pit underlying 3.4m of coarse flint in red clay and sand matrix,
recorded 1976. |
Phillips 1976, p275;
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
RSLond 1976; |
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| Longham |
McLeod's Pit & [L=
ongham
Heath Pit] |
TF928168 |
[active quarry] |
Geol |
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
Anglian glacial sands and gravels and lacustrine deposits]. |
? |
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EA |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
NCC #5.2008 |
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| Lynford |
Forestry Commission Gr=
avel Pits
& Swell Pit |
TL827907 |
open pit occasionally =
worked |
Arch & Geol |
Findspot of Palaeolith=
ic
hand-axe and other flint artefacts in gravels associated with till. Chalk
exposed in 1932 (beneath c.3m of Pleistocene deposits) with evidence of
prehistoric flint mining. |
Dixon Hewitt 1935, p.21=
; ERPP
1996; Wymer 1985 |
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EB & EA |
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Norfolk 5120 |
JCA85 |
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SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited. |
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Private + Public |
ERPP 1996 |
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| Lynford |
Lynford Hall Pit &=
Ayton Pit |
TL820946 |
active aggregate pit
| Arch & Geol & E=
nvt |
Major exposure of terr=
ace
deposits in Wissey valley which have yielded important palaeo-environment=
al
and archaeological evidence of Middle Devensian age, including butchered
bones of Woolly Mammoth associated with Mousterian Palaeolithic flint
artefacts.Findspot of Late Upper Palaeolithic flint tools from base of
Holocene peat. |
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985; =
Boismier
2003; Robins & Wymer 2006; |
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EA & EB |
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Norfolk 21499 |
JCA85 |
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Private |
ERPP 1996, inc p197; NA
2006; |
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| Lynford |
Tanner's Well Pit |
TL840874 |
overgrown pit cut into=
river
bluff |
Arch & Geol |
Findspot of 2 Palaeoli=
thic
hand-axes in river terrace gravels of Little Ouse |
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
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EB & ED |
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Norfolk 5656 |
JCA85 |
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SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited. |
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Private |
ERPP 1996 |
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| Lynford |
West Tofts Pits |
TL840917 |
three deep but small, =
overgrown
pits |
Arch & Geol |
Findspot of 4 Palaeoli=
thic
hand-axes in gravels over chalk |
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
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EB & ED |
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Norfolk 5119, 5124 |
JCA85 |
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Private + Military |
ERPP 1996 |
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| Lyng |
Easthaugh Pits |
TG089179 |
Flooded former gravel =
pit |
Geol & Envt |
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace sands and gravels of River Wensum yielding cold-phase mammal fauna
including reindeer and woolly mammoth (specimens in Castle Museum). Link =
with
biodiversity CWS. |
? |
|
ED |
|
JCA84 |
|
CWS 677 Pits Near Easth=
augh |
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[Private] |
BMF 1992 ; NCC #1.2007=
; PL
#1.2008; ERPP 1996, p197;
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| Lyng |
[Easthaugh Lime Pit] &=
amp;
Easthaugh Marl Pit |
TG 075173 |
small chalk exposure i=
n degraded
quarry with old lime kiln |
Geol & Econ |
Exposure of Cretaceous=
Campanian
Chalk of [G.quadrata Zone] with associated former lime kiln. Link with
biodiversity bats hibernating in kiln. |
Peake 1960 (Site 133)
| |
ED |
|
JCA84 |
Peake Site 133 |
Nearby CWS 2096 Lyng Ea=
sthaugh
Meadows with calcicole flora |
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Private |
PL #1.2008 |
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| Lyng |
Lyng Gravel Pit & =
Lyng
Village Pit |
TG067183 |
Flooded former gravel =
pit |
Geol & Envt |
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace sands and gravels of River Wensum yielding cold-phase mammal fauna
including woolly mammoth; specimens collected 1945 in Norwich Castle Muse=
um.
Link with biodiversity CWS. |
Wymer 1985 |
|
ED |
|
JCA84 |
|
CWS 676 Lakes near Lyng=
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[Private] |
PL #1.2008; JJW 1985;<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> |
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| Lyng |
Easthaugh Grove Boulde=
r |
TG080171 |
Boulder |
Geol |
Notable boulder of ind=
urated
Pleistocene glacial sands and gravels cemented with calcium carbonate, an
example of calcrete (not an erratic). Sited at foot of slope, presumably
emplaced by mass-movment process; other examples of this lithology record=
ed
upslope. |
[Eastern Daily Press, 1=
930s] |
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FM |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
PL #1.2008 |
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| Merton |
Merton Stone & Mer=
ton
Boulder |
TL895991 |
Erratic rock partly ly=
ing in a
pond |
Geol & Cult |
An erratic boulder mad=
e of Lower
Cretaceous 'Neocomian' [Spilsby sandstone] rock embedded in boulder clay:
compact grey, lustrous sandstone containing dark phosphatic nodules and
Inoceramus fragments, oriented NW-SE. Described in 1884 as being of 'cons=
iderable
repute' locally. Others found in the area. Measurements 12ft long x 8 ft
wide. |
Goodchild 1874; Bennett=
1884a;
Harmer 1910 |
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FM |
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JCA85 |
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Private |
NCC #2.2008; |
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| Mileham |
[Hell Pit Quarry] |
TF921173 |
landscaped former quar=
ry |
Geol |
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
Anglian glacial sands and gravels] |
? |
|
ED |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
NCC #5.2008 |
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| Mundford |
Mundford Pit |
TL803932 |
[disused chalk pit]
| Geol |
Exposure of Cretaceou=
s Chalk,
Lata Zone. Periglacial features exhibited at top of section. |
? |
|
ED |
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SSSI bio + geo (Breck=
land
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited. |
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[Private + Public] |
Norf 1 Dat; |
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| Newton
By Castle Acre |
Newton by Castle Acre=
Chalk Pit
& Needham Chalks Quarry |
TF 837149 |
Active quarry |
Geol |
Important exposure of
Cretaceous Coniacian (transitional M.cortestudinarium / M.coranguinum Zon=
es)
and Santonian Chalk, with fossils including Inoceramus, Micraster, ammoni=
tes,
fish and bryozoans. Large, fresh exposures available. |
RIGS citation; Peak &a=
mp;
Hancock 1961, site 309; |
|
EA |
RIGS (12-11-1999) |
|
JCA84 |
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[denotified SSSI] |
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Private |
BMF1992; RADM 2007; R=
IGS
citation; |
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| Newton
By Castle Acre |
[Gravel Pit] |
TF839161 |
[active quarry] |
Geol |
[Pleistocene glacial =
sand and
gravel] |
ERPP 1996 |
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[EA] |
|
JCA84 |
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Private |
ERPP 1996 pp.195, 196=
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| Newton
By Castle Acre |
Newton Mill Pits &=
; [Newton
Heath Pit] & West Lexham Gravel Pit |
TF831162 |
[disused gravel pit]
| Geol |
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne glacial
sands and gravels] |
? |
|
ED |
|
JCA84 |
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Private |
WN 2008; |
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| North
Tuddenham |
Whitehouse Farm Errat=
ic Boulder |
TG 0640 1434 |
erratic boulder at far=
m entrance |
Geol |
Specimen of glacial er=
ratic
boulder of [Jurassic Spilsby Sandstone] |
? |
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FM |
|
JCA84 |
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Private |
GA & THW 2009;
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| Old
Buckenham |
Old Buckenham Mere &a=
mp; Old
Buckenham Fen |
[TM049921] |
small natural lake |
Geom & Envt |
Spring-fed natural la=
ke
enclosed by till containing sequence of late Devensian and Holocene lake =
and
peat sediments, yielding important environmental evidence for vegetational
change, including human impacts. Link with biodiversity SSSI. |
Bennet 1884a; Godwin 1=
968; Sims
1978; Bennett et al 1991; Mathers et al 1993; |
|
IA & EB |
|
JCA83 |
|
SSSI bio (Old Buckenh=
am Fen) |
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[Private] |
New Phyt 1968; BGS 19=
93; |
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| Oxborough |
Oxborough Wood |
TF722015 |
Active peat quarry.
| Geol & Envt |
Exposure of Late Deve=
nsian
valley gravels and Holocene peat and alluvial deposits. Link with
biodiversity CWS. |
? |
|
EA |
|
JCA85 |
|
CWS 876 (Oxborough Woo=
d) |
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Private |
NCC #2.2007; Aerial 1=
999; |
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| Quidenham |
Quidenham Chalk Pit &=
amp;
Limekiln Plantation Pit |
TM015870 |
disused chalk pit |
Geol |
Exposure of Cretaceous
Santonian Chalk, Marsupites Zone. |
? |
|
ED |
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JCA83 |
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Private |
Norf 1 Dat; |
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| Quidenham |
Eccles Carr |
TM023892 |
overgrown former natur=
al lake |
Geom & Envt |
Spring-fed wet woodlan=
d on site
of former natural lake containing sequence of late Devensian and Holocene
lake sediments, yielding important palaeo-environmental evidence for
vegetational change, including human impacts. Link with biodiversity CWS.=
|
Bennett et al 1991;
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IA & EB |
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JCA 83 |
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CWS 623 (The Carr) |
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Private |
QRA 1991 |
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| Quidenham |
Quidenham Mere |
TM040875 |
Natural lake |
Geom & Envt |
Spring- and stream-fed=
natural
lake containing sequence of late Devensian and Holocene lake sediments,
yielding important palaeo-environmental evidence for vegetational change,
including human impacts. Link with SSSI bio. |
Bennett et al 1991; Peg=
lar 1993; |
|
IA & EB |
|
JCA83 |
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SSSI bio (Kenninghall =
with
Banham Fens and Quidenham Mere) |
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Private |
QRA 1991; BMF 1992; TH=
W 2008 |
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| Riddlesworth |
Gasthorpe Pit |
TL983817 |
disused chalk pit |
Geol |
Exposure of Cretaceous
Santonian Chalk, Uintacrinus Zone, underlying Pleistocene glacial sands a=
nd
gravels. |
? |
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ED |
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JCA85 |
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Private |
Norf 1 Dat; |
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| Riddlesworth |
Gasthorpe Lodge Pit
| TM983809 |
disused chalk pit |
Geol |
Exposure of Cretaceous
Santonian Chalk, Coranguinum Zone. |
? |
|
ED |
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JCA85 |
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Private |
Norf 1 Dat; |
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| Saham
Toney |
River Blackwater, Oppo=
site
Church Meadow Site |
TF888004 |
south side of River Bl=
ackwater |
Arch & Geol |
Findspot of bout-coup&=
eacute;
hand-axe in mint condition in river dredging spoil, associated with other
example from sandy gravel underlying floodplain alluvium in Little
Cressingham. |
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996
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EW & EB |
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JCA85 |
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Private |
JJW 1985; ERPP 1996
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| Saham
Toney |
Saham Mere |
TF903018 |
small natural lake |
Geom & Envt |
Spring-fed natural la=
ke
containing sequence of late Devensian and Holocene lake sediments, yieldi=
ng
important environmental evidence for vegetational change, including human
impacts. Link with CWS. |
Bennet 1988; Bennett et=
al
1991; |
|
IA & EB |
|
JCA84 |
|
CWS 977 (Saham Mere)
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[Private] |
QRA 1991; |
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| Shropham |
Shropham Pit & Min=
ns Pit
& Swangey Pits |
TM001939 & TM 0039=
40 &
TM005938 |
flooded former gravel =
pit
complex |
Geol & Envt |
Exposures of terrace d=
eposits in
River Thet valley, including Pleistocene pre-Ipswichian, Ipswichian and
Devensian sediments. Ipswichian deposits have yielded outstandingly rich
environmental evidence including vertebrate fossils, and multi-proxy evid=
ence
for last interglacial/glacial transition. One recorded Palaeolithic handa=
xe. |
McWilliams 1972; Holman=
&
Clayden 1990; Mathers et al 1993; Mayle 1996; Walking 1996; |
|
ED & EB |
|
JCA83 |
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Private |
Norf 1 Dat; BGS 1993; =
NCC
#1.2007; THW 2008; |
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| Snetterton |
Snetterton Heath Pit &=
amp;
Gallows Hill Pit |
TM012901 |
[disused gravel pit]
| Geol |
Former exposure of Ple=
istocene
Anglian Lowestoft Formation glacial ice-marginal outwash sands and gravel=
s. |
Mathers et al. 1993;
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ED |
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[JCA83] |
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Private |
BGS 1993; ERPP 1996, p=
196 |
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| South
Acre |
Bartholomew's Hills Gr=
avel Pits
& Crossroad Pits |
TF816132 [North Pit] &=
amp;
TF817131 & TF817130 [Crossroad Pit West] |
two gravel pits |
Geol & Arch |
Exposures of Pleistoce=
ne
[Anglian Lowestoft Formation] sands and gravels yielding Palaeolithic
evidence. North Pit TF816132 yielded 31 Palaeolithic hand-axes and other
flint artefacts of 'Proto-Levalloisian' industrial affinities, first
discovered by JE Sainty in 1930s. Crossroad Pit West is Stratotype of the
Lowestoft Formation Bartholomew Hills Member. Links with post-Anglian his=
tory
of the Nar Valley. Site developed in WNW-ESE trending esker ridge describ=
ed
by Straw (1973). Deposits seen [in south-east pit] by Pawley (2006) descr=
ibed
as glaciofluvial outwash. See associated entry for Sporle With Palgrave,
Southacre Road Pit. |
Straw 1973; Wymer 1985;=
ERPP
1996; Bowen et al 1999; Pawley 2006 chap.8; |
Lowestoft Fm, Bartholom=
ew Hills
Mbr TF817131 |
ED & EB |
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yes |
JCA84 |
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[Private] |
JJ W 1985; ERPP 1996; =
Geol Soc
1999; |
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| South
Acre |
Thorpe Gravel Pits |
TF805148 & TF795147
(landscaped) |
complex of working and
landscaped gravel pits' |
Geol & Arch |
Complex of ongoing and=
former
exposures of Pleistocene [Anglian outwash sands and gravels overlying til=
l of
the Lowestoft Formation]; findspot of 12 Palaeolithic hand-axes and other
flint artefacts in derived state. Links with post-Anglian history of the =
Nar
Valley. Link with biodiversity CWS x2. |
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996;<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> |
Lowestoft Fm, South Acr=
e Mbr
TF802150 |
EA & ED & EB |
|
JCA84 |
|
CWS 946 West of Castle =
Acre and
CWS945 River Nar |
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[Private] |
JJ W 1985; ERPP 1996; =
Geol Soc
1999; |
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| South
Pickenham |
South Pickenham Chalk =
Pit |
TF 8540 0415 |
overgrown chalk pit
| Geol |
Exposure of Cretaceous=
Coniacian
Chalk of the M.cortestudinarium or coranguinum Zones. |
? |
|
ED |
|
JCA85 |
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[Private] |
THW 2008; |
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| Sparham |
Sparham Hole Chalk Pi=
t |
TG060191 |
overgrown pit |
Geol |
Exposures of Cretaceous
Campanian Chalk of [G.quadrata Zone] recorded 1970s. |
? |
|
ED |
|
JCA84 |
Peake Site 132 |
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Private |
PL #1.2008; |
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| Sparham |
Sparham Pools Gravel P=
it
& Inne & Co's Pit
| TG 076179 |
small vegetated exposu=
res |
Geol & Arch & E=
nvt |
Exposures of Pleistoce=
ne terrace
sands and gravels of River Wensum. Findspot of Palaeolithic hand-axe. Link
with biodiversity NWT reserve. |
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996;<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> |
|
ED |
|
JCA84 |
|
NWT Reserve Sparham Poo=
ls |
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Public |
PL #1.2008; JJW 1985; =
ERPP 1996;
QN 2008; |
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| Sporle
With Palgrave |
Southacre Road Pit &am=
p;
Bartholomew's Hills Gravel Pits |
TF822128 |
gravel pit |
Geol & Arch |
Exposure of Pleistocen=
e [Anglian
Lowestoft Formation] outwash sands, gravels and cobbles yielding Palaeoli=
thic
Clactonian flakes. Recently worked section 15m high by 30m wide (2008). S=
ite
developed in WNW-ESE trending esker ridge described by Straw (1973). See
associated entry for South Acre, Bartholomew's Hills Gravel Pits. |
Wymer 1985 p.50; |
|
ED & EB |
|
yes |
JCA84 |
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[Private] |
JJW 1985; |
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| Stow
Bedon |
The Mere |
TL951963 |
small natural lake |
Geom & Envt |
Spring-fed natural la=
ke
containing sequence of late Devensian and Holocene lake sediments, yieldi=
ng
important environmental evidence for vegetational change, including human
impacts. Link with biodiversity SSSI. |
Bennet 1884a; Bennett 1=
986;
Bennett et al 1991; |
|
IA & EB |
|
JCA84 |
|
CWS 852 (Stow Bedon Mer=
e) |
|
|
Private |
QRA 1991; |
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| Sturston |
Demolition Pit |
TL869941 |
slumped vegetated expo=
sure |
Geol |
Exposure of Pleistocene
waterlain gravels. Link with biodversity SSSI. |
? |
|
ED |
|
JCA85 |
|
|
SSSI bio (Stanford Training Area) |
|
Private + Military |
PL #1.2008; |
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| Swanton
Morley |
Swanton Morley Gravel =
Pits |
TG020190 & TG0171=
93 |
Flooded former gravel =
pits |
Geol & Envt |
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace gravels of River Wensum yielding rich Ipswichian interglacial org=
anic
deposits. Environmental evidence included pollen and vertebrate fauna,
including H.amphibius, P.antiquus, C.elaphus, M.giganteus (specimens in N=
orwich
Castle Museum). |
McWilliams 1972; Philli=
ps 1976;
Coxon et al 1980; West 1991; |
|
ED & EB |
|
JCA84 |
|
CWS 668 Gravel Pits |
|
|
Private |
BMF 1992; NCC #1.2007;=
PL
#1.2008; ERPP 1996, p197;
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| Thetford |
[Brandon Road Site]
| TL8550 8320 |
trial trench near rive=
r crossing
for Thetford bypass |
Geol & Arch & E=
nvt |
Holocene peat overlyin=
g late
Devensian iron-rich gravels containing Late Upper Palaeolithic flint long
blades and debitage. |
Robins & Wymer 2006=
; |
|
EB |
|
JCA85 |
|
Roadside Nature Reserve=
s 34 + 75 |
|
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[Private] |
NA 2006; |
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| Thetford |
Chisley Vale Pit |
TL856867 |
former gravel pit |
Geol |
Exposure of Pleistocen=
e terrace
gravels of the River Thet. |
? |
|
ED |
|
JCA85 |
|
|
SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited. |
|
[Public] (Forestry Comm=
ission) |
Norf 1 Dat; |
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| Thetford |
Redhill Pits |
TL851842[1] |
Disused gravel pits wi=
thin
forestry |
Arch & Geol |
Prolific findspot of o=
ver 200
Palaeolithic hand-axes and other flint artefacts in Pleistocene solifluct=
ed
'valley gravels' of Little Ouse over Cretaceous Chalk. |
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985; =
Gibbard et
al. 2008; |
|
EB |
|
Norfolk 5795, 5804 |
JCA85 |
|
|
SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited. |
|
[Public] (Forestry Comm=
ission) |
ERPP 1996; PGA 2008;
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| Thetford |
White Hill Pit |
TL855860 (given as 855=
864 in
Wymer 1985) |
small overgrown pit in=
forestry |
Arch & Geol |
Findspot of two Palaeo=
lithic
hand-axes in C19th and other flint artefacts in river terrace gravels of
Little Ouse |
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996;<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> |
|
EB & ED |
|
Norfolk 5716, 5796 |
JCA85 |
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Private + Public |
ERPP 1996; |
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| Thompson &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; |
Thompson Common |
TL934965 |
Ponds on common land
| Geom & Envt |
Nationally important e=
xamples of
Devensian periglacial ground-ice depressions (relict pingos or palsas) . =
Link
with biodiversity, particularly unique relict community of Boreal aquatic
beetles. SSSI bio + geo.
| SSSI citation; Sparks e=
t al
1972; |
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Nature Reserve |
SSSI bio + geo (Thomps=
on Water,
Carr and Common) |
Not a GCR site |
Private + Public |
BMF 1992 |
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Grime's Graves GCR |
TL810902 |
patterned ground and p=
rehistoric
flint mines |
Geom & Cult |
Nationally important e=
xample of
Devensian periglacial soil stripes. Neolithic and early Bronze Age flint
mines dug to extract flint for tool-making from the Cretaceous Turonian C=
halk
(T.lata Zone). Link to biodiversity. GCR SSSI. |
SSSI citation |
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JCA85 |
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kland
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited. |
QEA |
Private + Public |
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| Weeting
With Broomhill |
Botany Bay Brickyard
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small pit with bushes =
and grass |
Arch & Geol & H=
ist |
Recorded findspot of 12
Palaeolithic hand-axes and other flint artefacts in alluvium in C19th.
Possible confusion of this =
site
with nearby Broomhill Cottage Pit (see Wymer 1985) |
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
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EB & ED |
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Norfolk 5643 (sic) |
JCA85 |
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ERPP 1996; |
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With Broomhill |
Broomhill Cottage Pit<=
/td>
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deep overgrown pits
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ist |
Findspot of 7 Palaeoli=
thic
hand-axes in alluvium. Possibly the correct findspot for palaeoliths reco=
rded
from nearby Botany Bay Brickyard pit&nbs=
p;
(see Wymer 1985). |
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
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Norfolk 5643 (sic) |
JCA85 |
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ERPP 1996; |
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Broomhill Gravel Pit
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open pit with conifers=
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Arch & Geol & H=
ist |
Important findspot of =
87
Palaeolithic hand-axes and other flint artefacts in C19th and other flint
artefacts in sands and gravels. |
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
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Norfolk 5641, 5642 |
JCA85 |
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ERPP 1996; |
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| Lexham |
[Green Lane Quarry]
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[active pit] |
Geol |
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne glacial
sands and gravels] |
ERPP 1996 |
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Breckland Meres |
TL905882 |
A group of Breckland m=
eres |
Geom & Envt |
Nationally important g=
roup of
Breckland fluctuating meres including Devil's Punchbowl GCR and Fenmere a=
nd
Fowlmere and Home Mere and Langmere and Ringmere. These are developed in
karst depressions (dolines). Link with biodiversity SSSIs (bio). [See also Devils Punchbowl GCR s=
ite
entry] |
Bennett 1884a; Clarke 1=
925; Clark
Day & Goudie (?); |
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NWT East Wretham reserv=
e |
SSSI bio + geo x3 (Wre=
tham Park
Meres + Stanford Training Area + East Wretham Heath). Geodiversity interest not cited =
in
Wretham Park Meres. |
KAR |
Private + Public |
BGS 1884; BMF 1992; TH=
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Wretham Park Meres |
TL 902918 |
A group ofnatural lake=
s |
Geom & Envt |
Group of natural lakes=
with a
hydrology that contrasts with nearby fluctuating Breckland meres. Group
comprises Hill Mere and Micklemere and Rush Mere/Scot Mere and West Mere.
Micklemere and [Hill Mere] have yielded C19th archaeological evidence of
flint work, worked roundwood and butchered deer and ox bone. Link with SSSI (bio). |
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JCA 85 |
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NWT East Wretham reserv=
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SSSI bio (Wretham Park=
Meres).
Geodiversity interest not cited. |
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| SITE DETAILS |
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SIGNIFICANCE |
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CONSERVATION a=
nd
MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS |
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NOTES |
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Site name(s) |
NGR |
Site descrip |
Site type |
Geo-features |
References |
Stratotypes |
ESCC category(s) |
LS status |
NCC HER |
JCA |
Other |
CWS |
SSSI |
GCR Block(s) |
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| Attlebridge |
[Attlebridge Quarry]
| TG147162 |
[active quarry] |
Geol |
[Exposures of Pleistoc=
ene
glacial sand and gravel] |
? |
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[EA] |
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JCA78 |
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Private |
ERPP 1996, p196 |
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| Attlebridge |
Deighton Hills Chalk P=
it |
TG149156 |
disused quarry |
Geol |
Former [12m deep] expo=
sures of
Cretaceous Chalk thought to be transitional Quadrata / Mucronata zonation;
overlain by [Norwich Crag] with basal stone bed. Local stratigraphy sugge=
sts
the presence of a chalk raft with Anglian glacial deposits banked against=
it.
Considered by CJ Wood to be a key location for explaining the origin of t=
he
Attlebridge Hills landform feature. |
Wood 1988, p13; |
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JCA78 |
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Private |
GSN 1988; |
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| Beighton |
Beighton Pit |
TG 39340 06203 |
Old surveyor's pit now =
leased to
gun club' |
Geol |
[Exposures of Pleistoc=
ene
glacial sand and gravel] |
? |
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ED |
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JCA79 |
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Public |
JW 2008; |
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| Blickling |
Bucks Common & Bu=
nkers Hill
& Five Acre Pit |
TG1529 |
[former quarry] |
[Geol] |
[Exposures of Pleistoc=
ene
glacial sand and gravel] |
? |
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JCA78 |
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CWS 1116 Bunkers Hill P=
lantation |
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Private |
BMF 1992 |
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| Catfield |
Ludham Pilot Borehole =
Site |
TG385199 |
Site of water supply
borehole |
Hist |
Borehole site yielding=
important
information about Pliocene and early Pleistocene lithostratigraphy and
biostratigraphy. |
Funnell 1961; |
Red Crag Fm, Ludham Mb=
r TG385199 |
n/a |
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JCA80 |
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Private |
Funnell 1961; Geol Soc
1999; |
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| [Catton] |
Lodge Lane Pit & C=
atton
Brick Pit |
TG 234130 |
Former brick pit |
Geol & Econ |
Exposure of Pleistocene
pre-glacial gravels of the Kesgrave Formation (formerly attributed to the
'Bure Valley Beds') and decalcified [Anglian] glacial deposits of the
'Norwich Brickearth' of the 'North Sea Drift'. Former brick pit. |
Baden-Powell and West =
1960; Hey
& Brenchley 1977; Hey 1980 (table 1); |
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ED |
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JCA78 |
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[Private] |
PGA 1960; RADM 2007; P=
GA
1980; |
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| Cawston
& Booton |
Booton Clay Pits |
TG 13487 22368 |
Old surveyor's pit' |
Geol |
? |
? |
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ED |
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JCA78 |
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Private |
JW 2008; |
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| Drayton |
Costessey Lane Pit'
| TG175132 |
Disused chalk pit |
Geol |
Cretaceous Chalk of the
Campanian B.mucronata Zone (lowest part of Zone) |
Peake & Hancock 19=
61 |
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JCA78 |
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Private |
RADM 2007; Peake &
Hancock; |
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| Fleggburgh |
Billockby Sand Pit |
TG430135 |
[former sand quarry]
| Geol |
Important exposure of
Pleistocene Anglian Corton Formation. |
? |
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ED |
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JCA80 |
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[denotified SSSI ] |
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Private |
BMF 1992; RADM 2007
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| Foulsham |
Barney Brickyard |
? |
[former brick pits] |
Geol & Econ |
[Contorted boulder cla=
y and
sands] |
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JCA78 |
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RADM 2007 |
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| Frettenham |
Frettenham Chalk Pit &=
amp; Howes Pit |
TG245172 |
Former pit complex'; 'n=
ow
infilled' |
Geol |
Exposure of the Cretac=
eous
Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata/langei Zone. Exposes 2.5m of mostly soft
white chalk with three flint bands. Link with biodiversity CWS. |
Pitchford 1990aa; CWS =
citation;
Whittlesea 2007; |
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JCA78 |
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CWS 2016 Old Lime Pit
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Private |
BMF 1992; RADM 2007; G=
SN 1990;
GSN 2007; |
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Witchingham |
Great Witchingham Comm=
on and
Pits |
TG096178 |
Flooded former gravel =
pit now
used for amenity and fishing |
Geol & Arch & E=
nvt |
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace gravels of River Wensum. Findspot of Palaeolithic hand-axe. Link =
with
biodiversity CWS. |
Wymer 1985 |
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JCA78 |
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CWS 1323 Great Witching=
ham Common |
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[Private + Public] |
BMF 1992; PL #1.2008
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Witchingham |
Lenwade Gravel Pits (E=
ast) |
TG 107185 |
Flooded and landscaped=
former
gravel pit |
Geol & Arch & E=
nvt |
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace gravels of River Wensum. Probable findspot of Palaeolithic
hand-axes.Link with biodiversity CWS. |
ERPP 1996; |
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JCA 78 |
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CWS 1349 (Lenwade Grave=
l Pits
East) |
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[Private + Public] |
BMF 1992; ERPP 1996; |
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Witchingham |
Lenwade Gravel Pits (W=
est) |
TG 100187 |
Flooded and landscaped=
former
gravel pit |
Geol & Arch & E=
nvt |
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace gravels of River Wensum. Findspot of 3 Palaeolithic hand-axes. Link with biodiversity CWS. |
ERPP 1996; |
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JCA 78 |
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CWS 1350 (Lenwade Grave=
l Pits
West) |
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[Private + Public] |
BMF 1992; ERPP 1996; |
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Witchingham |
Lenwade, Walsis Farm P=
it |
TG090182 |
landscaped pit |
Arch & Geol & E=
nvt |
Findspot of four hand-=
axes from
floodplain and other terrace gravels&nbs=
p;
of River Wensum |
Wymer 1985 |
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| Hainford |
Frettenham Pit (JSS Ag=
gregates
Ltd) |
TG23701670 |
Small faces round edge =
of former
pit used to store sand and gravel' |
Geol |
Exposure of the Cretac=
eous
Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata/langei Zone. Exposes 4.5m soft white ch=
alk
with prominent double flint band. |
Pitchford 1990aa |
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JCA78 |
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GSN 1990 |
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| Hellesdon |
Old Sand Pits |
TG1910 |
[former sand pits] |
Geol |
? |
? |
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BMF 1992 |
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| Hellesdon |
Ringland Pits |
TG1910 |
[former sand and gravel=
pits] |
Geol |
? |
? |
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JCA78 |
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/td>
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Private |
BMF 1992 |
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| Hevingham |
The Heath & Marl A=
llotments
Pit & Surveyors Allotments Pit & Buxton Heath Pit & Westgate =
Pit |
TG 18198 21416 |
Old surveyor's pit with=
many
names' |
Geol |
? |
? |
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JCA78 |
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| Horsham
St Faith |
Swan Pit |
TG 21918 15396 |
Old surveyor's pit mana=
ged as
amenity land' |
Geol |
? |
? |
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JCA78 |
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| Horstead |
Horstead Old Gravel Pi=
ts |
TG2420 |
[former sand and gravel=
pits] |
Geol |
? |
? |
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JCA80 |
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CWS 1411 Disused Gravel=
Pits |
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Private |
BMF 1992 |
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Little Hautbois New Pi=
t |
TG250213 |
[former sand and gravel=
pits] |
Geol |
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
Anglian glacial and fluvial deposits showing faults] |
? |
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JCA80 |
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RADM 2007 |
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Mayton Hall Pit |
[TG 248208 ] |
[former sand and gravel=
pits] |
Geol |
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
Anglian glacio-fluvial deposits displaying ice-wedges, resting on Pliocene
Norwich Crag] |
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JCA80 |
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RADM 2007 |
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| Horstead |
Mayton Pit & Frims=
tone Pit |
TG245210 |
[former sand and gravel=
pits] |
Geol |
[Exposure of Pliocene =
Norwich
Crag and Pleistocene Anglian sands and gravels] |
? |
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JCA80 |
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Private |
ERPP 1996, p197; |
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| Horstead |
Mayton Wood Pit |
TG243214 |
landscaped [and landfil=
led]
former pit |
Geol |
Former exposure of Cre=
taceous
Chalk (with periglacial deformation) underlying sands and gravels of the
[Pleistocene Wroxham Crag ] and [Happisburgh Formation] ('North Sea Drift=
'). |
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JCA80 |
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How Hill & Crome's Farm |
TG377199 (circa) |
Trial pits site |
Geol |
Site of three trial p=
its in
early Pleistocene marine sediments of the Wroxham Formation, How Hill
Member. |
Rose et al. 1996; |
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| Marsham |
[Heath Pit 1] |
TG17261 24249 |
Former Highway Surveyor=
s land
with pit' |
Geol |
[Former sand and grave=
l pit].
Link with biodiversity SSSI bio. |
? |
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SSSI bio (Cawston &=
Marsham
Heath) |
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| Marsham |
[Heath Pit 2] |
TG18465 23967 |
Former Highway Surveyor=
s land
with pit' |
Geol |
[Former sand and gravel
pit]. |
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JW 2008; |
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| Oulton |
Itteringham Gravel Pit |
TG140303 |
flooded former gravels=
pits |
Geol & Envt |
Former exposures of P=
leistocene
terrace deposits of the R. Bure valley, including silts and gravels of
Ipswichian interglacial age yielding vertebrate fossils, particularly a
significant herpetofauna. |
Hallock et al. 1990;<=
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Bure
Valley) |
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Holman 1998; |
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Postwick Grove River C=
liff |
TG286080 |
river cliff |
Geol |
Important exposure of =
Cretaceous
Campanian Chalk, being the most easterly, extant, permanent inland exposu=
re
in Norfolk. Exposes a richly fossiliferous horizon close to the upper
boundary of the Stage. Should be a Candidate SSSI. |
Wood 1988; Whittlesea =
2006; |
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Reedham Relict Shoreli=
ne |
? |
degraded former shoreli=
ne |
Geom |
[Example of degraded H=
olocene
shoreline feature associated with former extension of estuary associated =
with
deposition of the Upper Clay of the Breydon Formation. The marine
transgression depositing the Upper Clay took place from C1st BC to c.1200=
AD,
after which a sandbank (North Denes Formation) built across the mouth of =
the
estuary at Great Yarmouth, initiating marsh formation (Arthurton et al. 1=
994,
p.87)] |
c.f Arthurton et al 19=
94 |
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AJR #1.2008 |
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| Taverham |
Spring Farm, Attlebrid=
ge |
TG15501600 |
old pit in field' |
Geol |
Exposure of the Cretac=
eous
Campanian Chalk of the Pre-Weybourne Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata Zone=
. 1m
of very soft white chalk recorded. |
Pitchford 1990a |
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GSN 1990; |
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St Andrew |
The Dell Pit |
TG26150865 |
disused chalk pit' |
Geol & Econ |
Former chalk pit activ=
e in
C18th, linked with historic lime trade on river Yare. Disused by mid
C19th. |
c.f. Marshall 1795
pp.363-5; |
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THW & AJR 2009 |
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| Thorpe
St Andrew |
Thorpe Disused Pits
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[disused sand and grave=
l pit] |
Geol |
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? |
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CWS 1390 Pinebanks |
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BMF 1992 |
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| Thorpe
St Andrew |
Pinebanks Pit |
TG261089 |
Disused gravel pit |
Geol |
Exposure of sands of P=
leistocene
Anglian or Pliocene Norwich Crag, with sedimentary structures. |
RIGS citation |
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RIGS (30-08-2000) |
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JCA78 |
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RIGS citation |
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St Andrew |
Town Plantation Pit &a=
mp; Thorpe
Pit & Town Pit |
TG 27340 09015 & T=
G275090 |
Old surveyor's pit mana=
ged as
amenity land' |
Geol |
Pliocene Norwich Crag =
on
Cretaceous Upper Chalk |
? |
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JCA78 |
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[Public] |
RADM 2007; JW 2008 |
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| Wroxham |
Dobbs Plantation Pit
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586 (site
2) & TG27251588 (site 3) |
[disused gravel pit]
| Geol |
Exposure of [late Plio=
cene]
Pre-Pastonian sediments of the Wroxham Formation, Dobbs Member. Site
represents appearance of Macoma balthica. An important site for correlati=
on
of marine and terrestrial sequences. |
Cambridge 1978; Rose e=
t al. 2000 |
Wroxham Fm, Dobbs Memb=
er
TG273158 |
ED |
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QRA 2000 |
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| Wroxham |
Wroxham Hall Pit |
TG 272 160 |
[disused gravel pit]
| Geol |
Exposure of early Plei=
stocene
marine sediments of the Wroxham Formation ('Bure Valley Beds'), comprising
sands, clays and shelly sands over Cretaceous Chalk. Crag mollusca (but n=
ot
M.balthica) indicate estuarine conditions. |
Woodward 1881; Funnell=
et al.
1979; |
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RSLond 1979; |
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SIGNIFICANCE |
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CONSERVATION a=
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MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS |
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ACCESS |
NOTES |
| Parish |
Site name(s) |
NGR |
Site descrip |
Site type |
Geo-features |
References |
Stratotypes |
ESCC category(s) |
LS status |
NCC HER |
JCA |
Other |
CWS |
SSSI |
GCR Block(s) |
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| Norwich |
Bracondale Pit |
TG 2390 0740 |
Largely overgrown dee=
p pit
beside traffic lights opposite Colman's works' |
Geol |
Exposure of the Creta=
ceous
Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata/langei Zone. Exposes 2.8m of soft white=
chalk
with two black nodular flint courses. |
Pitchford 1990a |
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
GSN 1990; |
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| Norwich |
Carrow Works |
TG242075 |
industrial works of R=
eckitt
& Colman |
Geol & Arch |
Former exposure ofPle=
istocene
river terrace gravels banked up against Cretaceous Chalk cliff, yielding 5
Palaeolithic hand-axes and other flint artefacts excavated by JE Sainty
1926. |
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996;=
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EB |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
JJW 1985; ERPP 1996;<=
/td>
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| Norwich |
Catton Grove Chalk Pi=
t GCR SSSI
& Campling's Pit |
TG229109 |
disused chalk pit |
Geol |
Nationally important =
exposure
of Upper Cretaceous Campanian hardground sediments of the Catton Sponge B=
ed
(theType Site). Sequence ca=
pped
by gravels of the Wroxham F=
ormation.
GCR SSSI. |
SSSI citation; Peake 1=
985; Wood
1988; Whittlesea 2007; |
Catton Sponge Bed |
ED |
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JCA78 |
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SSSI geo (Catton Grove=
Chalk
Pit) |
CEN |
[Private] |
BMF 1992 - File N2; R=
ADM 2007;
Whittlesea 2007; |
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| Norwich |
Bluebell Road Pit &am=
p; Devil's
Drop Pit |
[TG199075] |
disused chalk pit'
| Geol |
[Exposure of the Cret=
aceous
Campanian Chalk] |
? |
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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[Private + Public] |
SHA 2008 |
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| Norwich |
Eaton Chalk Pit compl=
ex |
TG 208064 |
old chalk workings wi=
th
tunnels' |
Geol |
[Exposure of Cretaceo=
us
Campanian Chalk and Pleistocene Kesgrave Formation]. Link with biodiversi=
ty
(bats). Site includes SSSI bio. |
Hey 1980; |
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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CWS 2015 Eaton Chalk P=
it |
Denotified SSSI geo; s=
ite
includes SSSI bio (Eaton Chalk Pit] |
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[Private] |
BMF 1992; PGA 1980; |
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| Norwich |
Eaton Tunnels Section=
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TG20900485 |
chalk exposed above a=
nd inside
two tunnels' |
Geol |
Exposure of the Creta=
ceous
Campanian Chalk of the Weybourne Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata Zone. 13=
m of
mostly soft, stained chalk with occasional hardgrounds, with several
prominent flint bands. |
Pitchford 1990a and b;=
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EU |
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JCA84 |
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CWS 2015 Eaton Chalk P=
it |
[denotified SSSI] |
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Private |
GSN 1990; |
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| Norwich |
Groundsman's Pit |
TG191081 |
disused chalk pit |
Geol |
Exposure of the Creta=
ceous
Campanian Chalk of the Pre-Weybourne Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata
Zone. |
Whittlesea 2002; |
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| Norwich |
Harford Bridge Pits, =
Site 1
& HBR1 |
TG 2188 0576 |
exposure at top of ol=
d pit
beside golf course', part of complex of largely overgrown pits |
Geol |
Exposure of the Creta=
ceous
Campanian Chalk of the Weybourne Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata Zone.
Exposes 2.25m of blocky, hard white chalk with numerous oysters and scatt=
ered
black nodular flints. |
Pitchford 1990a |
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
GSN 1990; |
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| Norwich |
Harford Bridge Pits, =
Site 2
& HBR2 |
TG 2200 0569 |
Small tufa-encrusted =
face with
adit in centre of wooded area of former pit complex' |
Geol |
Exposure of the Creta=
ceous
Campanian Chalk of the Weybourne Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata Zone.
Exposes 1.5m of hard, nodular chalk which yielded lowest record of
Carneithyris carnea which characterises overlying Beeston Chalk. |
Pitchford 1990a |
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ED |
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JCA84 |
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Private |
GSN 1990; |
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| Norwich |
Lollard's Pit & B=
ishop's
Bridge Pit & St Matthew's Church pit |
TG 241089 & 241098 =
&
241087 |
Group of former chalk=
pits |
Geol |
Former exposures of C=
retaceous
Chalk of the Mucronata Zone once yielding Mosasaur and shark fossils. Sec=
tion
with adits reported by N Peake at TG241087. Pits represent line of workin=
gs
along river bluff. |
Wood 1988, p90; |
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JCA78 |
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Private |
GSN 1988; |
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| Norwich |
Mile Cross Lane Pit
| ? |
former quarry |
Geol |
[Exposure of Norwich
Brickearth] |
? |
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ED |
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JCA78 |
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[Private] |
RADM 2007 |
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| Norwich |
Mousehold Heath |
TG2410 |
Wooded heath' |
Geol & Arch & [=
Geom] |
Various exposures of
Pleistocene [Anglian] glacio-fluvial gravels forming plateau landform.
Findspot (TG248102) of flat-butted cordate in shallow gravel workings and=
3
other hand-axes elsewhere. [Dry valley landforms]. Link with biodiversity
CWS. |
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996;=
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ED & EB |
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JCA78 |
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CWS 1469 (Mousehold He=
ath &
Valley Drive) |
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Public |
BMF 1992; JJW 1985; E=
RPP 1996;
AFP 2008; |
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| Norwich |
St James Hollow Chalk=
Pit &
St James' Pit GCR |
TG242094 |
Old pit at southern e=
nd of
Mousehold Heath' with exposure 'at base of wooded slope above children's
playground' |
Geol |
Nationally important =
exposure
of the Cretaceous Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division,
B.mucronata/langei Zone, yielding mosasaurus fossils. Small exposure of s=
oft
yellow chalk visible. GCR SSSI. |
SSSI citation; Wood 19=
88, p89;
Pitchford 1990a; Whittlesea 2007; <=
/span> |
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JCA78 |
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Adjacent to CWS1469 Mo=
usehold
Heath and Valley Drive |
SSSI geo (St James Pit=
) |
JCR |
[Public] |
BMF 1992 - File N22; =
GSN 1990;
GSN 2007; |
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| Norwich |
Slough Bottom |
TG211 101 |
Waste ground south of=
Burnet Rd
and industrial estate |
Geol & Arch |
Exposure (possible te=
mporary)
of Pleistocene gravels of R. Wensum Terrace 1; findspot of Palaeolithic
Levellois flake. |
ERPP 1996 |
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EB |
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JCA78 |
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[Private] |
ERPP 1996 |
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| Norwich |
Sprowston Road Chalk =
Pit |
TG 237105 |
landscaped former cha=
lk pit and
lime kilns |
Geol & Econ |
Exposure of Cretaceou=
s Chalk of
the B.mucronata Zone; pit active c.1900. |
BGS Photo #P242217 /
BAAS03812 |
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JCA78 |
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[Private] |
BGS Geoscenic Archive=
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| Norwich |
Thunder Lane Corner P=
it |
TG263102 |
former quarry |
Geol |
[Exposure of Pleistoc=
ene ice
wedges] |
? |
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ED |
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JCA78 |
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[Private] |
RADM 2007 |
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| Norwich |
Whiffler Road |
TG21201070 |
exposure behind facto=
ry' |
Geol |
Exposure of the Creta=
ceous
Campanian Chalk of the Weybourne Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata Zone. 4.=
5m
of mrarely nodular, soft white chalk containing four nodular flint
bands. |
Pitchford 1990a |
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GSN 1990; |
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