Holkham Brick Pit Explained

Holkham Brick Pit
Aos:	Norfolk
Interest:	Geological
Area:	0.5ha
Notifydate:	1984
Map:	Magic Map

Holkham Brick Pit is a 0.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wells-next-the-Sea 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 is the best site displaying the Hunstanton Till, a glacial deposit dating the last glacial period, between 115,000 and 11,700 years ago. This is the furthest the ice reached in East Anglia during the Last Glacial Maximum, around 26,000 years ago.^[5]

The site is private land with no public access, and no geology is visible as the pit has been filled in.

References

52.95°N 0.77°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Holkham Brick Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 10 June 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Holkham Brick Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 10 June 2018.
3. Web site: Holkham Brick Pits (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: Holkham Brickpits citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 10 June 2018.