Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TF 990 441 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.0 hectare (2.5 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1984 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Morston Cliff is a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3] It is part of Blakeney National Nature Reserve, [4] which is managed by the National Trust, [5] and of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [6]
This key Pleistocene site has the only interglacial deposit of a raised beach in East Anglia. It is believed to be Ipswichian, dating to around 125,000 years ago, and is overlain by glacial deposits of the late Devensian Hunstanton Till. [7]
The Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path go through the site.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Norfolk |
---|---|
Grid reference | TF 990 441 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.0 hectare (2.5 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1984 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Morston Cliff is a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3] It is part of Blakeney National Nature Reserve, [4] which is managed by the National Trust, [5] and of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [6]
This key Pleistocene site has the only interglacial deposit of a raised beach in East Anglia. It is believed to be Ipswichian, dating to around 125,000 years ago, and is overlain by glacial deposits of the late Devensian Hunstanton Till. [7]
The Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path go through the site.