Weybourne Town Pit Explained

Weybourne Town Pit
Aos:Norfolk
Interest:Geological
Area:0.7ha
Notifydate:1984
Map: Magic Map

Weybourne Town Pit is a 0.7abbr=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 is the Type locality for the Pleistocene 'Marly Drift'. This is a chalk-rich glacial till thought to have been deposited during the Anglian stage around 450,000 years ago, but its relationship to other deposits in the area is disputed.[5]

There is access to the site from Sheringham Road.

References

52.946°N 1.173°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Weybourne Town Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Map of Weybourne Town Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Weybourne Town Pit (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: Weybourne Town Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 November 2018.

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