Weybourne Town Pit
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Norfolk |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TG 114 430[1] |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 0.7 hectares (1.7 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Weybourne Town Pit is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) 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
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Weybourne Town Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Map of Weybourne Town Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Weybourne Town Pit (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB" (PDF). Norfolk Coast AONB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Weybourne Town Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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