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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 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.
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. [2]
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]
Dersingham Bog is a 159.1-hectare (393-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England. [1] [3] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, [4] a National Nature Reserve [5] and a Ramsar site [2] It is part of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, [6] and the Roydon Common & Dersingham Bog Special Area of Conservation [7] Part of it ...
The North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest is an area of European importance for wildlife in Norfolk, England.It comprises 7,700 ha (19,027 acres) of the county's north coast from just west of Holme-next-the-Sea to Kelling, and is additionally protected through Natura 2000, Special Protection Area (SPA) listings; it is also part of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural ...
Fritton Common, Morningthorpe is a 20.5-hectare (51-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Long Stratton in Norfolk, England. [1] [2]This damp acidic meadow common is traditionally managed by light cattle grazing.
Halvergate Marshes were an estuary in Roman times and remained a tidal creek into the Medieval period. [10] [11] By the time of Domesday Book the land was already being used for grazing sheep, with Halvergate being recorded as having 960 sheep at the time, a larger amount than any other part of the marshes. [11]