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The cliffs of West Runton were once part of the Cromer Forest Bed formation which is exposed at intervals along the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk, from Weybourne to Kessingland. The forest bed was formed in the Quaternary Period and dates to between 700,000 and 500,000 years ago.
West Runton Cliffs is a 17.8-hectare (44-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Sheringham in Norfolk, England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
The Cromer Forest-bed Formation, sometimes known as the Cromer Forest Bed, is a geological formation in Norfolk, England.It consists of river gravels, estuary and floodplain sediments predominantly silt, sand, and muds as well as peat along the coast of northern Norfolk. [1]
The West Runton Mammoth is a fossilized skeleton of a steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii) found in the cliffs of West Runton in the county of Norfolk, England in 1990. [1] The find is the largest nearly complete mammoth skeleton known, and is the oldest found in the United Kingdom.
In 2017 a prehistoric rhino was found in West Runton, dating back 700,000 years to the Cromerian Interglacial. [24] Cromer Pier dominates the sea front and is 151 metres (495 ft) long. It features the Pavilion Theatre and dates from 1901. Cromer Lighthouse stands on the cliffs to the east of the town. The tower is 18 metres (59 ft) tall. and ...
A-148 railway bridge (near Cromer) Runton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk consisting of the villages of East Runton and West Runton.It covers an area of 5.44 km 2 (2.10 sq mi) and had a population of 1,633 in 784 households at the 2001 census, [1] the population increasing to 1,667 at the 2011 Census. [2]
Beacon Hill is the highest point in the English county of Norfolk. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The hill is located 0.75 miles (1.2 km) south of the village of West Runton on the North Norfolk coast. At its summit the hill is 105 metres (344 ft) above sea level. [ 4 ]
East Runton Cliffs is a 20.6-hectare (51-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Cromer in Norfolk, England. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3] [4] The foreshore exposes Lower Pleistocene sediments, including large blocks of glacitectonic (transported by ice) chalk. There are many fossils, including ...