Glandford (Letheringsett Road) Explained

Glandford (Letheringsett Road)
Aos:	Norfolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	1.1ha
Notifydate:	1992
Map:	Magic Map

Glandford (Letheringsett Road) is a 1.1abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Sheringham in Norfolk.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site^[3] and it is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[4]

This site is important because it has mounds of gravel and till which can help to show whether the North Norfolk till plain is the result of Pleistocene glacial deposition or is the residue of the erosion of a former more extensive area of gravel.^[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

52.928°N 1.037°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Glandford (Letheringsett Road). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 November 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Glandford (Letheringsett Road). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 November 2018.
3. Web site: Glandford (Letheringsett Road) (Quaternary of East Anglia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 25 May 2018.
4. Web site: Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB. Norfolk Coast AONB. 25 May 2018. 31 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161613/http://www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/mediaps/pdfuploads/pd001159.pdf. dead.
5. Web site: Glandford (Letheringsett Road) citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 November 2018.