Information
in red indicates site (or part of) is designated as SSSI (bio and/or geo)=
Ashill
Ashill Chalk Pit
TF873042
disused quarry
geol
Exposure of Cretaceous
Coniacian or Santonian Chalk of the M.coranguinum Zone. Link with
biodiversity CWS.
Peake & Hancock 19=
61, site
84
ED
JCA84
CWS 914 County Council=
Tip
Private
Peake & Hancock; Norf 1
Dat;
Beeston
With Bittering
[Punch Farm Quarry]
TF898165
Active Quarry
Geol
[Ongoing exposure of
Pleistocene Anglian glacial sands and gravels]
?
EA
JCA84
Private
NCC #4.2008
Beeston With Bittering
Spreadoak Pit & [=
Bittering
Quarry]
TF936172
[former quarry used as=
grading
plant]
Geol
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
glacial sands and gravels and lacustrine deposits]
?
[ED]
JCA84
Pri=
vate
ERPP 1996 p197; NCC #=
4.2008;
NCC #5.2008
Beeston
With Bittering
Stewart Bros Gravel P=
it &
[Beeston Quarry] & [Manor Farm Pit]
TF905164 & TF9001=
64 &
TF905164
[disused quarry]
Geol
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne Anglian
glacial sands and gravels]
?
ED
JCA84
Private
ERPP
1996 p197;
Beetley
[East Bilney Pit] &am=
p;
[Creefers Hill Quarry]
TF954187
[active quarry]
Geol
[Exposure
of Pleistocene Anglian glacial sands and gravels including the Hungry Hill
Gravels ('plateau or cannonshot gravels') over chalky boulder clay of the
Lowestoft Till
?
EA
JCA84
Private
NCC #4.2008
Beetley
Hungry Hill Quarry &a=
mp; School
Road Quarry
TF957188 & TF9641=
87
landscaped former quar=
ry &
active quarry
Geol
Exposures
of Pleistocene Anglian glacial sands and gravels most notably the Hungry =
Hill
Gravels ('plateau or cannon-shot gravels') over chalky boulder clay of the
Lowestoft Till.
[Phillips 1976]
informal: Hungry Hill =
Gravels
(Phillips 1976)
ED & EA
JCA84
Private
THW 2008;
Beetley
Beetley Gravel Pit &am=
p; Pit
South West of Gravel Pit Plantation
TF9817 or TF987179
[active quarry]
Geol
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne terrace
sands and gravels]
?
EA
JCA84
Private
BMF 1992; ERPP 1996, p=
197
Beetley
Roosting Hills Pit &am=
p; Beetley
Quarry
[TF987185]
Quarry complex
Geol & Envt
Former
important exposures of Pleistocene glacial and interglacial terrace depos=
its
of the Whitewater valley, tributary of R Wensum. Lacustrine deposits of
Hoxnian age overlying Anglian till and outwash gravels. Post-Anglian grav=
els
forming the Beetley Terrace. Ipswichian deposits yielding yielding fossil
mammal bones including hippopotamus and straight-tusked elephant. Overlai=
n by
Devensian terrace gravels. Site subject of major monograph by RG West.
Markh=
am
1969; McWilliams 1972; Phillips 1976; West 1991;
ED
JCA84
Private
RADM 2007; NCC #1.2007; N=
CC
#2.2007;
Billingford
Billingford Common Pit=
TF017197
Small disused pit
Geol
Exposure of Anglian ou=
twash
sands and gravels (the Hungry Hill gravels of central Norfolk. 2m of flint
gravel with orange sand recorrded 1976.
Blake 1888; Phillips 19=
76;
ED
JCA 84
Private
RSLond 1976
Private
RSLond 1976;
Billingford
Billingford Gravel Pit=
s
TG 014199 & TG0161=
95
[landscaped and flooded=
former
gravel pit complex]
Geol
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne terrace
deposits of the Wensum valley]
?
EA & ED
JCA 84
CWS 668 - Swanton Morle=
y Gravel
Pits
Private (part of Common=
is Open
Access land)
BMF 1992; NCC #1.2007;=
Bintree
Bintree Mill Chalk Pit=
TF999242
disused quarry
Geol
Exposure of cryoturbat=
ed
Cretaceous Upper Chalk displaying flint nodules below Pleistocene [Anglia=
n]
outwash sands and gravels
?
ED
JCA84
adjacent to CWS 2004 (A=
dj River
Wensum)
Private
NV
2008; AFP 2008;
Bradenham
West Bradenham Gravel =
Pit
[TF912089]
landscaped former grave=
l pit
Geol
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
gravels in the R. Wissey valley]
?
ED
JCA 84
adjacent to CWS 995 (Ad=
j. River
Wissey)
[Private]
BMF 1992 - 'overgrown =
gravel
pit'
Brettenham
[Church Pit]
TL932837
overgrown hummocky area=
Arch & Geol
Findspot
of Palaeolithic hand-axes in Pleistocene sand on river terrace of Thet
Valley
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
EB & ED
Norfolk 6052
JCA85
Private
ERPP 1996
Brettenham
Shadwell Park Pit
TL926 825
[disused gravel pit]
Geol
Pleistocene gravels
?
ED
JCA85
Priv=
ate
Norf 1
Dat;
Brettenham
[Snare Hill Hall Pit]<=
/td>
TL885830
open pit with mature tr=
ees
Arch & Geol
Findspot of 21 Palaeol=
ithic
hand-axes in Pleistocene river terrace deposits of Thet valley
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
EB & ED
Norfolk 5792, 5953
JCA85
Private
ERPP 1996
Cranwich
Gravel Pit
TL775929
overgrown shallow pit i=
n forestry
Arch & Geol
Findpspot of two Palae=
olithic
hand-axes in Pleistocene gravels over Cretaceous Chalk
ERPP 1996
EB & ED
Norfolk 4950
JCA85
SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited.
Private + Public
ERPP 1996
Croxton
Devil's
PunchbowlGCR
TL=
878892
Breckland mere
Geom & Envt
Nationally important e=
xample of
fluctuating mere developed in karst depression (doline).Link with biodiversity. GCR site=
part
of Stanford Training Area SSSI bio + geo.[See also Breckland Meres site e=
ntry]
SSSI citation
IA
JCA85
SSSIbio + geo (Stanford Training Are=
a)
KAR (site 1112)
Public
BMF 1992 - File N17
East Dereham
Badley Moor SSSI
TG013117
spring-fed rough pastur=
e and fen
land
Geom & Envt
Example
of chalk springs with associated tufa formations forming flushed hummocks
('the finest in Britain'). Link with biodiversity. SSSI bio.
SSSI citation. Gilvear et al
1993.
IA
JCA84
Common Land
SSSI bio (Badley Moor,=
Dereham)
[Public]
BMF 1992
0
East
Harling
[East Harling Chalk Pi=
t]
TM 004869
disused pit
Geol
Exposure
of Cretaceous Santonian Chalk of the M.testudinarius/U.socialis Zone [the
most significant in Norfolk].Chalk shows glacial disturbance.
Peake & Hancock 1=
961,
site 127 p336;
ED
[JCA85]
Private
Peake
& Hancock;
East
Tuddenham
[East Tuddenham Gravel=
Pits]
TG 074 117
[landscaped former grav=
el pit
complex]
Geol
[Former exposures of P=
leistocene
sands and gravels]
?
ED
JCA84
Private
BMF 1992; Aerial 1999;=
Elsing
Mill Street Gravel Pit=
s &
Fustyweed Pits
T=
G056183
[landscaped former grav=
el pit
complex]
Geol
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace sands and gravels of River Wensum, including Ipswichian interglac=
ial
deposits. [Pits worked 1950=3D=3D1970] . Link with biodiversity CWS.
Co=
x 1985;
ED
JCA84
CWS 675 Pits near Mill =
Street
[Private]
BMF 1992; NCC #1.2007; PL
#1.2008;
Foulden
Foulden
Common
TF765005
area of marshy land wi=
th pingo
ponds
Geom & Envt
Important example of =
Devensian
relict pingos or palsas with link to biodiversity. SSSI bio.
SSSI citation
IS
JCA85
SSSI bio (Foulden Com=
mon)
Public
BMF 1992
Garveston
(Reymerston)
Calveley Hall Pit
TG 018 050 & TG 01=
5048
[landscaped former grav=
el pit
complex]
Geol & [Envt]
[Former exposures of P=
leistocene
sands and gravels of the R Blackwater valley]
?
ED
JCA84
CWS 650 Calveley Hall P=
it
Private
BMF 1992; Aerial 1999;=
Garveston
(Reymerston)
Reymerston Gravel Pits=
TG034058
[landscaped former grav=
el pit
complex]
Geol & [Envt]
[Former exposures of P=
leistocene
sands and gravels of the Blackwater valley, a right-bank tributary of the=
R
Yare]
Exposure of Anglian ou=
twash
sands and gravels (the Hungry Hill Gravels of central Norfolk).Up to 4.6m
coarse rounded flint gravel recorded 1976. Patches of such gravels mapped=
as
Valley Gravels in Old Series Drift map, reinterpreted by Linda Phillips a=
s Plateau
Gravel, poss constructional features left by decaying ice.
Phillips 1976;
ED
JCA84
Private
RSLond 1976;
Hockham
Frost's Common
TL 945 935
Area of ponds in woodla=
nd
Geom & Envt
Examples of relict Dev=
ensian
periglacial ground-ice depressions (pingos or palsas) with associated
ramparts
Site not published
IS
JCA85
CWS826 Furze Allotment =
(part)
SSSI bio (Breckland Fo=
rest)
Private + Public
THW 2008
Hockham
& Stow Bedon
Hockham Mere GCR &=
Cranberry
Rough
TL933937
Bog and swamp woodland<=
/td>
Envt & Hist & G=
eom
Important
Holocene palaeo-environmental archive in sediments of former natural lake
Hockham Mere drained in 1790s. Site of pioneering palynological
investigations in 1950s.GC=
R site
(Hockham Mere). Link with biodiversity SSSI bio.
Great Hockham Erratic=
& The
Village Stone & Hockham Stone
TL 9530 9257
Erratic boulder
Geol & Cult
Large erratic boulder=
of Lower
Cretaceous Spilsby Sandstone Formation. Discovered on farmland east of the
village and resited on the Village Green c.1880; ritually turned over to =
mark
notable events in the life of the parish.
=
Lott
2010;
FM
RIGS 06 (designated Jan=
2010)
JCA85
Public
RIGS citation
Hoe
Hoe Gravel Pit
[TF987170] & TF989=
171
Disused gravel pit
Geol
Exposure of Anglian ou=
twash
sands and gravels (the Hungry Hill Gravels of central Norfolk). 4.6m oran=
ge
sand beneath 1m coarse rounded flint gravel beneath 0.3m orange sand reco=
rded
1976.
[Exposure of Cretaceou=
s Chalk of
the M.coranguinum Zone]
?
[ED]
JCA84
Private
Findspot
of bout-coupé hand-axe in mint condition fromsandy gravel underlyi=
ng
floodplain alluvium. Associated with other example found in Saham Toney in
river dredging spoil.
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996
EW & EB
JCA85
Private
JJW 1985; ERPP 1996
Longham
Longham Hall Pit
TF929163
Disused sand and gravel=
pit
Geol
Exposure of Anglian ou=
twash
sands and gravels (the Hungry Hill gravels of central Norfolk. Till formi=
ng
floor of pit underlying 3.4m of coarse flint in red clay and sand matrix,
recorded 1976.
Phillips 1976, p275;
ED
JCA84
Private
RSLond 1976;
Longham
McLeod's Pit & [L=
ongham
Heath Pit]
TF928168
[active quarry]
Geol
[Former
exposure of Pleistocene Anglian glacial sands and gravels and lacustrine
deposits].
?
EA
JCA84
Pri=
vate
NCC #5.2008
Lynford
Forestry Commission Gr=
avel Pits
& Swell Pit
TL827907
open pit occasionally w=
orked
Arch & Geol
Findspot of Palaeolith=
ic
hand-axe and other flint artefacts in gravels associated with till. Chalk
exposed in 1932 (beneath c.3m of Pleistocene deposits) with evidence of
prehistoric flint mining.
Dixon Hewitt 1935, p.21=
; ERPP
1996; Wymer 1985
EB & EA
Norfolk 5120
JCA85
SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited.
Private + Public
ERPP 1996
Lynford
Lynford Hall Pit &=
Ayton Pit
TL820946
active aggregate pit
Arch & Geol & E=
nvt
Major exposure of terr=
ace
deposits in Wissey valley which have yielded important palaeo-environment=
al
and archaeological evidence of Middle Devensian age, including butchered
bones of Woolly Mammoth associated with Mousterian Palaeolithic flint
artefacts.Findspot of Late Upper Palaeolithic flint tools from base of
Holocene peat.
Findspot
of 2 Palaeolithic hand-axes in river terrace gravels of Little Ouse
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
EB & ED
Norfolk 5656
JCA85
SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited.
Private
ERPP 1996
Lynford
West Tofts Pits
TL840917
three deep but small, o=
vergrown
pits
Arch & Geol
Findspot of 4 Palaeoli=
thic
hand-axes in gravels over chalk
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
EB & ED
Norfolk 5119, 5124
JCA85
Private + Military
ERPP 1996
Lyng
Easthaugh Pits
TG089179
Flooded former gravel p=
it
Geol & Envt
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace sands and gravels of River Wensum yielding cold-phase mammal fauna
including reindeer and woolly mammoth (specimens in Castle Museum). Link =
with
biodiversity CWS.
small chalk exposure in=
degraded
quarry with old lime kiln
Geol & Econ
Exposure of Cretaceous=
Campanian
Chalk of [G.quadrata Zone] with associated former lime kiln. Link with
biodiversity bats hibernating in kiln.
Peake 1960 (Site 133)
ED
JCA84
Peake Site 133
Nearby CWS 2096 Lyng Ea=
sthaugh
Meadows with calcicole flora
Private
PL #1.2008
Lyng
Lyng Gravel Pit & =
Lyng
Village Pit
TG067183
Flooded former gravel p=
it
Geol & Envt
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace sands and gravels of River Wensum yielding cold-phase mammal fauna
including woolly mammoth; specimens collected 1945 in Norwich Castle Muse=
um.
Link with biodiversity CWS.
Wymer 1985
ED
JCA84
CWS 676 Lakes near Lyng=
[Private]
PL
#1.2008; JJW 1985;
Lyng
Easthaugh Grove Boulde=
r
T=
G080171
Boulder
Geol
Notable boulder of ind=
urated
Pleistocene glacial sands and gravels cemented with calcium carbonate, an
example of calcrete (not an erratic). Sited at foot of slope, presumably
emplaced by mass-movment process; other examples of this lithology record=
ed
upslope.
[Eastern Daily Press, 1=
930s]
FM
JCA84
Private
PL #1.2008
Merton
Merton Stone & Mer=
ton
Boulder
TL895991
Erratic rock partly lyi=
ng in a
pond
Geol & Cult
An erratic boulder mad=
e of Lower
Cretaceous 'Neocomian' [Spilsby sandstone] rock embedded in boulder clay:
compact grey, lustrous sandstone containing dark phosphatic nodules and
Inoceramus fragments, oriented NW-SE. Described in 1884 as being of 'cons=
iderable
repute' locally. Others found in the area. Measurements 12ft long x 8 ft
wide.
Goodchild 1874; Bennett=
1884a;
Harmer 1910
FM
JCA85
Private
NCC #2.2008;
Mileham
[Hell Pit Quarry]
TF921173
landscaped former quar=
ry
Geol
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
Anglian glacial sands and gravels]
?
ED
JCA84
Pri=
vate
NCC #5.2008
Mundford
Mundford Pit
TL803932
[disused chalk pit]
Geol
Exposure of Cretaceou=
s Chalk,
Lata Zone. Periglacial features exhibited at top of section.
?
ED
SSSI bio + geo (Breck=
land
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited.
[Private
+ Public]
Important
exposure of Cretaceous Coniacian (transitional M.cortestudinarium /
M.coranguinum Zones) and Santonian Chalk, with fossils including Inoceram=
us,
Micraster, ammonites, fish and bryozoans. Large, fresh exposures availabl=
e.
RIGS citatio=
n;
Peak & Hancock 1961, site 309;
EA
RIGS (12-11-1999)
JCA84
[denotified SSSI]
Private
BMF1992; RADM 2007; RIGS
citation;
Newton
By Castle Acre
[Gravel Pit]
TF839161
[active quarry]
Geol
[Pleistocene glacial =
sand and
gravel]
ERPP 1996
[EA]
JCA84
Private
ERPP 1996 pp.195, 196=
Newton
By Castle Acre
Newton Mill Pits &=
; [Newton
Heath Pit] & West Lexham Gravel Pit
TF831162
[disused gravel pit]
Geol
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne glacial
sands and gravels]
?
ED
JCA84
Private
WN 2008;
North
Tuddenham
Whitehouse Farm Errat=
ic Boulder
TG 0640 1434
erratic boulder at far=
m entrance
Geol
Specimen of glacial er=
ratic
boulder of [Jurassic Spilsby Sandstone]
?
FM
JCA84
Private
GA & THW 2009;
Old
Buckenham
Old Buckenham Mere &a=
mp; Old
Buckenham Fen
[TM049921]
small natural lake
Geom & Envt
Spring-fed
natural lake enclosed by till containing sequence of late Devensian and
Holocene lake and peat sediments, yielding important environmental eviden=
ce
for vegetational change, including human impacts. Link with biodiversity
SSSI.
Bennet 1884a; Godwin 1=
968; Sims
1978; Bennett et al 1991; Mathers et al 1993;
IA & EB
JCA83
SSSI bio (Old Buckenh=
am Fen)
[Private]
New Phyt 1968; BGS 1993;
Oxborough
Oxborough
Wood
TF722015
Active peat quarry.
Geol & Envt
Exposure of Late Deve=
nsian
valley gravels and Holocene peat and alluvial deposits. Link with
biodiversity CWS.
Exposure of Cretaceous
Santonian Chalk, Marsupites Zone.
?
ED
JCA83
Private
Spring-fed
natural lake containing sequence of late Devensian and Holocene lake
sediments, yielding important environmental evidence for vegetational cha=
nge,
including human impacts. Link with CWS.
Bennet 1988; Bennett et al
1991;
IA & EB
JCA84
CWS 977 (Saham Mere)
[Private]
Q=
RA
1991;
Shropham
Shropham Pit & Min=
ns Pit
& Swangey Pits
TM001939 & TM 0039=
40 &
TM005938
flooded former gravel pit
complex
Geol & Envt
Exposures of terrace d=
eposits in
River Thet valley, including Pleistocene pre-Ipswichian, Ipswichian and
Devensian sediments. Ipswichian deposits have yielded outstandingly rich
environmental evidence including vertebrate fossils, and multi-proxy evid=
ence
for last interglacial/glacial transition. One recorded Palaeolithic handa=
xe.
McWilliams
1972; Holman & Clayden 1990; Mathers et al 1993; Mayle 1996; Walking
1996;
ED & EB
JCA83
Private
Norf 1 Dat; BGS 1=
993;
NCC #1.2007; THW 2008;
Snetterton
Snetterton Heath Pit &=
amp;
Gallows Hill Pit
TM012901
[disused gravel pit]
Geol
Former exposure of Ple=
istocene
Anglian Lowestoft Formation glacial ice-marginal outwash sands and gravel=
s.
Exposures of Pleistoce=
ne
[Anglian Lowestoft Formation] sands and gravels yielding Palaeolithic
evidence. North Pit TF816132 yielded 31 Palaeolithic hand-axes and other
flint artefacts of 'Proto-Levalloisian' industrial affinities, first
discovered by JE Sainty in 1930s. Crossroad Pit West is Stratotype of the
Lowestoft Formation Bartholomew Hills Member. Links with post-Anglian his=
tory
of the Nar Valley. Site developed in WNW-ESE trending esker ridge describ=
ed
by Straw (1973). Deposits seen [in south-east pit] by Pawley (2006) descr=
ibed
as glaciofluvial outwash. See associated entry for Sporle With Palgrave,
Southacre Road Pit.
Straw 1973; Wymer 1985;=
ERPP
1996; Bowen et al 1999; Pawley 2006 chap.8;
Lowestoft Fm, Bartholom=
ew Hills
Mbr TF817131
ED & EB
yes
JCA84
[Private]
JJ W 1985; ERPP 1996; =
Geol Soc
1999;
South
Acre
Thorpe Gravel Pits
TF805148 & TF795147
(landscaped)
complex of work=
ing
and landscaped gravel pits'
Geol & Arch
Complex of ongoing and=
former
exposures of Pleistocene [Anglian outwash sands and gravels overlying til=
l of
the Lowestoft Formation]; findspot of 12 Palaeolithic hand-axes and other
flint artefacts in derived state. Links with post-Anglian history of the =
Nar
Valley. Link with biodiversity CWS x2.
Wymer
1985; ERPP 1996;
Lowestoft Fm, South Acr=
e Mbr
TF802150
EA & ED & EB
JCA84
CWS 946 West of Castle =
Acre and
CWS945 River Nar
[Private]
JJ W 1985; ERPP 1996; Geo=
l Soc
1999;
South
Pickenham
South Pickenham Chalk =
Pit
TF 8540 0415
overgrown chalk pit
Geol
Exposure of Cretaceous=
Coniacian
Chalk of the M.cortestudinarium or coranguinum Zones.
?
ED
JCA85
[Private]
T=
HW
2008;
Sparham
Sparham Hole Chalk Pi=
t
TG060191
overgrown pit
Geol
Exposures of Cretaceous
Campanian Chalk of [G.quadrata Zone] recorded 1970s.
?
ED
JCA84
Peake Site 132
Priv=
ate
PL
#1.2008;
Sparham
Sparham Pools Gravel P=
it
&Inne & Co's Pit
=
TG
076179
small vegetated exposur=
es
Geol & Arch & E=
nvt
Exposures of Pleistoce=
ne terrace
sands and gravels of River Wensum. Findspot of Palaeolithic hand-axe. Link
with biodiversity NWT reserve.
Exposure of Pleistocen=
e [Anglian
Lowestoft Formation] outwash sands, gravels and cobbles yielding Palaeoli=
thic
Clactonian flakes. Recently worked section 15m high by 30m wide (2008). S=
ite
developed in WNW-ESE trending esker ridge described by Straw (1973). See
associated entry for South Acre, Bartholomew's Hills Gravel Pits.
Wymer 1985 p.50;
ED & EB
yes
JCA84
[Private]
J=
JW
1985;
Stow
Bedon
The Mere
TL951963
small natural lake
Geom & Envt
=
Spring-fed
natural lake containing sequence of late Devensian and Holocene lake
sediments, yielding important environmental evidence for vegetational cha=
nge,
including human impacts. Link with biodiversity SSSI.
Bennet 1884a; Bennett 1=
986;
Bennett et al 1991;
IA & EB
JCA84
CWS 852 (Stow Bedon Mer=
e)
Private
Q=
RA
1991;
Sturston
Demolition Pit
TL869941
slumped vegetated expos=
ure
Geol
Exposure of Pleistocene
waterlain gravels. Link with biodversity SSSI.
?
ED
JCA85
SSSIbio (Stanford Training Area)
Private + Military
PL
#1.2008;
Swanton
Morley
Swanton Morley Gravel =
Pits
TG020190 & TG0171=
93
Flooded former gravel p=
its
Geol & Envt
Former
exposures of Pleistocene terrace gravels of River Wensum yielding rich
Ipswichian interglacial organic deposits. Environmental evidence included
pollen and vertebrate fauna, including H.amphibius, P.antiquus, C.elaphus,
M.giganteus (specimens in Norwich Castle Museum).
McWilliams 1972; Philli=
ps 1976;
Coxon et al 1980; West 1991;
Prolific
findspot of over 200 Palaeolithic hand-axes and other flint artefacts in
Pleistocene soliflucted 'valley gravels' of Little Ouse over Cretaceous
Chalk.
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985; =
Gibbard et
al. 2008;
EB
Norfolk 5795, 5804
JCA85
SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited.
[Public] (Forestry Comm=
ission)
ERPP 1996; PGA 2008;
Thetford
White
Hill Pit
TL855860 (given as 855=
864 in
Wymer 1985)
small overgrown pit in =
forestry
Arch & Geol
Findspot
of two Palaeolithic hand-axes in C19th and other flint artefacts in river
terrace gravels of Little Ouse
Na=
tionally
important examples of Devensian periglacial ground-ice depressions (relict
pingos or palsas) . Link with biodiversity, particularly unique relict
community of Boreal aquatic beetles. SSSI bio + geo.
SSSI citation; Sparks et al
1972;
IS
JCA84
Nature Reserve
SSSI bio + geo (Thomps=
on Water,
Carr and Common)
Not a GCR site
Private + Public
BMF 1992
Weeting
With Broomhill
Grime's Graves GCR
TL810902
patterned ground and pr=
ehistoric
flint mines
Geom & Cult
Nationally important e=
xample of
Devensian periglacial soil stripes. Neolithic and early Bronze Age flint
mines dug to extract flint for tool-making from the Cretaceous Turonian C=
halk
(T.lata Zone). Link to biodiversity. GCR SSSI.
SSSI citation
IS
JCA85
SSSI
geo+ bio (Grime's Graves; =
also
Breckland Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited.
QEA
Private + Public
BMF 1992 - File N28
Weeting
With Broomhill
Botany Bay Brickyard
TL812895
small pit with bushes a=
nd grass
Arch & Geol & H=
ist
Recorded findspot of 12
Palaeolithic hand-axes and other flint artefacts in alluvium in C19th.
Possibleconfusion of this =
site
with nearby Broomhill Cottage Pit (see Wymer 1985)
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
EB & ED
Norfolk 5643 (sic)
JCA85
SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited.
Private + Public
ERPP 1996;
Weeting
With Broomhill
Broomhill Cottage Pit<=
/td>
TL805890
deep overgrown pits
Arch & Geol & H=
ist
Findspot of 7 Palaeoli=
thic
hand-axes in alluvium. Possibly the correct findspot for palaeoliths reco=
rded
from nearby Botany Bay Brickyard pit&nbs=
p;
(see Wymer 1985).
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
EB & ED
Norfolk 5643 (sic)
JCA85
SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited.
Private + Public
ERPP 1996;
Weeting
With Broomhill
Broomhill Gravel Pit
TL801877
open pit with conifers<=
/td>
Arch & Geol & H=
ist
Impor=
tant
findspot of 87 Palaeolithic hand-axes and other flint artefacts in C19th =
and
other flint artefacts in sands and gravels.
ERPP 1996; Wymer 1985
EB & ED
Norfolk 5641, 5642
JCA85
SSSI bio + geo (Breckl=
and
Forest). Geodiversity interest not cited.
Private + Public
ERPP 1996;
Lexham
[Green Lane Quarry]
TF834173
[active pit]
Geol
[Exposure of Pleistoce=
ne glacial
sands and gravels]
ERPP 1996
[EA]
JCA84
Private
ERPP 1996 p.195
Wretham
& Croxton & Kilverstone
Breckland
Meres
TL905882
A group of Breckland me=
res
Geom & Envt
Nationally important g=
roup of
Breckland fluctuating meres including Devil's Punchbowl GCR and Fenmere a=
nd
Fowlmere and Home Mere and Langmere and Ringmere. These are developed in
karst depressions (dolines). Link with biodiversity SSSIs (bio).[See also Devils Punchbowl GCR s=
ite
entry]
Bennett
1884a; Clarke 1925; Clark Day & Goudie (?);
IA
JCA 85
NWT East Wretham reserv=
e
SSSI
bio + geo x3 (Wretham Park Meres + Stanford Training Area + East Wretham
Heath).Geodiversity intere=
st not
cited in Wretham Park Meres.
KAR
Private + Public
BGS 1884; BMF 1992; TH=
W 2008
Wretham<=
/td>
Wretham
Park Meres
TL 902918
A group ofnatural lakes=
Geom & Envt
Group of natural lakes=
with a
hydrology that contrasts with nearby fluctuating Breckland meres. Group
comprises Hill Mere and Micklemere and Rush Mere/Scot Mere and West Mere.
Micklemere and [Hill Mere] have yielded C19th archaeological evidence of
flint work, worked roundwood and butchered deer and ox bone. Link with SSSI (bio).
Information
in red indicates site (or part of) is designated as SSSI (bio and/or geo)=
Attlebridge
[Attlebridge Quarry]
TG147162
[active quarry]
Geol
[Exposures of Pleistoc=
ene
glacial sand and gravel]
?
[EA]
JCA78
Private
ERPP 1996, p196
Attlebridge
Deighton Hills Chalk P=
it
TG149156
disused quarry
Geol
Former [12m deep] expo=
sures of
Cretaceous Chalk thought to be transitional Quadrata / Mucronata zonation;
overlain by [Norwich Crag] with basal stone bed. Local stratigraphy sugge=
sts
the presence of a chalk raft with Anglian glacial deposits banked against=
it.
Considered by CJ Wood to be a key location for explaining the origin of t=
he
Attlebridge Hills landform feature.
Wood
1988, p13;
ED
JCA78
Private
G=
SN
1988;
Beighton
Beighton Pit
TG 39340
06203
Old surveyor's pit =
now
leased to gun club'
Geol
[Exposures of Pleistoc=
ene
glacial sand and gravel]
?
ED
JCA79
Public
JW 2008;
Blickling
Bucks Common & Bu=
nkers Hill
& Five Acre Pit
TG1529
[former quarry]
[Geol]
[Exposures of Pleistoc=
ene
glacial sand and gravel]
?
?
JCA78
CWS 1116 Bunkers Hill P=
lantation
Private
BMF 1992
Catfield
Ludham Pilot Borehole =
Site
TG385199
Site of water supply borehole
Hist
Borehole
site yielding important information about Pliocene and early Pleistocene
lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy.
Funnell 1961;
Red Crag Fm, Ludham Mb=
r TG385199
n/a
JCA80
Private
Funnell 1961; Geol Soc 1999;
[Catton]
Lodge Lane Pit & C=
atton
Brick Pit
=
TG
234130
Former brick pit
Geol & Econ
Exposure of Pleistocene
pre-glacial gravels of the Kesgrave Formation (formerly attributed to the
'Bure Valley Beds') and decalcified [Anglian] glacial deposits of the
'Norwich Brickearth' of the 'North Sea Drift'. Former brick pit.
Baden-Powell
and West 1960; Hey & Brenchley 1977; Hey 1980 (table 1);
Cretaceous
Chalk of the Campanian B.mucronata Zone (lowest part of Zone)
Peake & Hancock 19=
61
[ED]
JCA78
Private
RADM 2007; Peake & Hancock=
;
Fleggburgh
Billockby Sand Pit
TG430135
[former sand quarry]
Geol
Im=
portant
exposure of Pleistocene Anglian Corton Formation.
?
ED
JCA80
[denotified SSSI ]
Private
BMF 1992; RADM 2007
Foulsham
Barney Brickyard
?
[former brick pits]
Geol & Econ
[Contorted boulder cla=
y and
sands]
ED
JCA78
Private
RADM 2007
Frettenham
Frettenham Chalk Pit &=
amp;Howes Pit
TG245172
Former pit complex'; 'now
infilled'
Geol
Exposure of the Cretac=
eous
Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata/langeiZone. Exposes 2.5m of mostly soft
white chalk with three flint bands. Link with biodiversity CWS.
Flooded former gravel p=
it now
used for amenity and fishing
Geol & Arch & E=
nvt
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace gravels of River Wensum. Findspot of Palaeolithic hand-axe. Link =
with
biodiversity CWS.
Wymer 1985
ED
JCA78
CWS 1323 Great Witching=
ham Common
[Private + Public]
BMF 1992; PL #1.2008
Great
Witchingham
Lenwade Gravel Pits (E=
ast)
TG 107185
Flooded and landscaped =
former
gravel pit
Geol & Arch & E=
nvt
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace gravels of River Wensum. Probable findspot of Palaeolithic
hand-axes.Link with biodiversity CWS.
=
ERPP
1996;
ED
JCA 78
CWS 1349 (Lenwade Grave=
l Pits
East)
[Private + Public]
BMF
1992; ERPP 1996;
Great
Witchingham
Lenwade Gravel Pits (W=
est)
TG 100187
Flooded and landscaped =
former
gravel pit
Geol & Arch & E=
nvt
Former exposures of Pl=
eistocene
terrace gravels of River Wensum. Findspot of 3 Palaeolithic hand-axes. Link with biodiversity CWS.
=
ERPP
1996;
ED
JCA 78
CWS 1350 (Lenwade Grave=
l Pits
West)
[Private + Public]
BMF
1992; ERPP 1996;
Great
Witchingham
Lenwade, Walsis Farm P=
it
TG090182
landscaped pit
Arch & Geol & E=
nvt
Findspot of four hand-=
axes from
floodplain and other terrace gravels&nbs=
p;
of River Wensum
Wymer 1985
EB & ED
Private
Hainford
Frettenham Pit (JSS Ag=
gregates
Ltd)
TG23701670
Small
faces round edge of former pit used to store sand and gravel'
Geol
Exposure of the Cretac=
eous
Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata/langeiZone. Exposes 4.5m soft white ch=
alk
with prominent double flint band.
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
Anglian glacial and fluvial deposits showing faults]
?
ED
JCA80
Private
RADM 2007
Horstead
Mayton Hall Pit
[TG 248208 ]
[former sand and gravel=
pits]
Geol
[Former exposure of Pl=
eistocene
Anglian glacio-fluvial deposits displaying ice-wedges, resting on Pliocene
Norwich Crag]
?
ED
JCA80
Private
RADM 2007
Horstead
Mayton Pit & Frims=
tone Pit
TG245210
[former sand and gravel=
pits]
Geol
[Exposure of Pliocene =
Norwich
Crag and Pleistocene Anglian sands and gravels]
?
[ED]
JCA80
Private
ERPP 1996, p197;
Horstead
Mayton Wood Pit
TG243214
landscaped [and landfil=
led]
former pit
Geol
Former exposure of Cre=
taceous
Chalk (with periglacial deformation) underlying sands and gravels of the
[Pleistocene Wroxham Crag ] and [Happisburgh Formation] ('North Sea Drift=
').
?
EB
JCA80
Private
AJR 2008;
Ludham
How Hill & Crome's Farm
TG377199 (circa)
Trial pits site
Geol
Site
of three trial pits in early Pleistocene marine sediments of the Wroxham
Formation, How Hill Member.=
Rose et al. 1996;
H/C
JCA 80
Private
?
Marsham
[Heath Pit 1]
TG17261 24249
Former Highway Survey=
ors
land with pit'
Geol
[Former sand and grave=
l pit].
Link with biodiversity SSSI bio.
?
ED
JCA78
SSSI bio (Cawston &=
Marsham
Heath)
[Public]
JW 2008;
Marsham
[Heath Pit 2]
Former Highway Survey=
ors
land with pit'
Geol
[Former sand and gravel pit].
?
ED
JCA78
[Public]
JW 2008;
Oulton
Itteringham Gravel Pit
TG140303
flooded former gravels pits
Geol & Envt
Former exposures of P=
leistocene
terrace deposits of the R. Bure valley, including silts and gravels of
Ipswichian interglacial age yielding vertebrate fossils, particularly a
significant herpetofauna.
Hallock et al. 1990;<=
/td>
ED & EB
JCA78
Adjacent to CWS 1124 (=
Bure
Valley)
Private + Public
old
pit in field'
Geol
Exposure of the Cretac=
eous
Campanian Chalk of the Pre-Weybourne Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata Zone=
. 1m
of very soft white chalk recorded.
Pitchford 1990a
ED
JCA78
Private
GSN 1990;
Thorpe
St Andrew
disused
chalk pit'
Geol & Econ
Former
chalk pit active in C18th, linked with historic lime trade on river Yare.
Disused by mid C19th.
c.f. Marshall 1795 pp.363-5;
ED
JCA78
Public
THW & AJR 2009
Thorpe
St Andrew
Thorpe Disused Pits
TG2509
[disused sand and grave=
l pit]
Geol
?
?
ED
JCA78
CWS 1390 Pinebanks
[Private]
BMF 1992
Thorpe
St Andrew
Pinebanks Pit
TG261089
Disused gravel pit
Geol
Exposure
of sands of Pleistocene Anglian or Pliocene Norwich Crag, with sedimentary
structures.
Exposure of [late Plio=
cene]
Pre-Pastonian sediments of the Wroxham Formation, Dobbs Member. Site
represents appearance of Macoma balthica. An important site for correlati=
on
of marine and terrestrial sequences.
Cambridge 1978; Rose e=
t al. 2000
Wroxham Fm, Dobbs Memb=
er
TG273158
ED
JCA78
Private
QRA 2000
Wroxham
Wroxham Hall Pit
TG 272 160
[disused gravel pit]
Geol
Exposure
of early Pleistocene marine sediments of the Wroxham Formation ('Bure Val=
ley
Beds'), comprising sands, clays and shelly sands over Cretaceous Chalk. C=
rag
mollusca (but not M.balthica) indicate estuarine conditions.
Woodward 1881; Funnell et =
al.
1979;
ED
JCA78
Private
Local Authority: GREAT YARMOUTH BOROUGH
SITE DETAILS
SIGNIFICANCE
CONSERVATION and
MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS
ACCESS
NOTES
Parish
Site name(s)
NGR
Site descrip
Site type
Geo-features
References
Stratotypes
ESCC category(s)
LS status
NCC HER
JCA
Other
CWS
SSSI
GCR Block(s)
Information
in red indicates site (or part of) is designated as SSSI (bio and/or geo)=
Fleggburgh
Billockby Sand Pit
TG 4295 1350
disused sand pit
Geol + Hist
Degraded exposure of P=
leistocene
Happisburgh Formation 'Corton Beds' sands yielding derived Norwich Crag s=
hell
fauna. Molluscan fossils worked on by SV Wood and FW Harmer.
Woodward 1881; Arthurton=
et
al. 1994;
ED
JCA 80
Private
BGS 1994;
Gorleston
On Sea & Hopton On Sea
Gorleston and Hopton C=
liffs
TG531033 to TM535003
cliffs with base obscure=
d by sea
defences
Geol + Geom
Exposures
of Pleistocene Happisburgh Formation sands under Corton Woods Sands and
Gravels. Basal sandy clay till towards south end of section.
EC
Public
Ormesby
St Margaret With Scratby
California Gap & C=
alifornia
Cliffs
TG518149 to TG522138
Coastal
section'
Geol
Exposure
of Middle Pleistocene sediments of the Happisburgh Formation, comprising a
notable [glacially tectonised] sequence of two till units separated and
overlain by sand units.
Arthurton 1994; Lee et =
al 2004a
Happisburgh Fm, Californ=
ia Till
Mbr TG518149
EC
JCA79
Public
BGS 1994; GSN 2004;
Stokesby
With Herringsby
Hillborough Hole Pit
TG444116
disused sand and gravel =
pit
Geol
Exposure
of Pleistocene Happisburgh Formation 'Corton Beds, comprising cross-bedded
sand and gravel underlying sandy till. Sequence capped by cryoturbated st=
ony
coversilt.
Arthurton et al. 1994;<=
/td>
ED
JCA80
Private
BGS 1994;
Winterton
Winterton Ness GCR
TG490210 & TG460247=
to
TG504179
coastal ness and sand-du=
ne complex
Geom
Nationally
important dune system, including ness feature. Link with biodiversity. GCR
SSSI composed of three former SSSIs and Winterton Dunes NNR.
Local Authority: NORWICH CITY COUNCIL
SITE DETAILS
SIGNIFICANCE
CONSERVATION a=
nd
MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS
ACCESS
NOTES
Parish
Site name(s)
NGR
Site descrip
Site type
Geo-features
References
Stratotypes
ESCC category(s)
LS status
NCC HER
JCA
Other
CWS
SSSI
GCR Block(s)
Information
in red indicates site (or part of) is designated as SSSI (bio and/or geo)=
Norwich
Bracondale Pit
TG 2390 0740
Largely
overgrown deep pit beside traffic lights opposite Colman's works'
Geol
Exposure of the Creta=
ceous
Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata/langeiZone. Exposes 2.8m of soft white=
chalk
with two black nodular flint courses.
Pitchford 1990a
ED
JCA84
Private
GSN 1990;
Norwich
Carrow Works
TG242075
industrial works of R=
eckitt
& Colman
Geol & Arch
Former
exposure ofPleistocene river terrace gravels banked up against Cretaceous
Chalk cliff, yielding 5 Palaeolithic hand-axes and other flint artefacts
excavated by JE Sainty 1926.
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996;=
EB
JCA84
Private
JJW 1985; ERPP 1996;<=
/td>
Norwich
Catton Gr=
ove
Chalk Pit GCR SSSI & Campling's Pit
TG229109
disused chalk pit
Geol
Nationally important =
exposure
of Upper Cretaceous Campanian hardground sediments of the Catton Sponge B=
ed
(theType Site).Sequence ca=
pped
by gravels of the WroxhamF=
ormation.
GCR SSSI.
BMF 1992 - Fil=
e N2;
RADM 2007; Whittlesea 2007;=
Norwich
Bluebell Road Pit &am=
p; Devil's
Drop Pit
[TG199075]
disused chalk pit'
Geol
[Exposure of the Cret=
aceous
Campanian Chalk]
?
ED
JCA84
[Private + Public]
SHA 2008
Norwich
Eaton Chalk Pit compl=
ex
TG 208064
old chalk workings with tunne=
ls'
Geol
[Exposure of Cretaceo=
us
Campanian Chalk and Pleistocene Kesgrave Formation]. Link with biodiversi=
ty
(bats). Site includes SSSI bio.
Hey 1980;
ED
JCA84
CWS 2015 Eaton Chalk P=
it
Denotified SSSI geo; s=
ite
includes SSSI bio (Eaton Chalk Pit]
[Private]
BMF
1992; PGA 1980;
Norwich
Eaton Tunnels Section=
TG20900485
chalk exposed abov=
e and
inside two tunnels'
Geol
Exposure
of the Cretaceous Campanian Chalk of the Weybourne Chalk sub-division,
B.mucronata Zone. 13m of mostly soft, stained chalk with occasional
hardgrounds, with several prominent flint bands.
Pitchford 1990a and b;=
EU
JCA84
CWS 2015 Eaton Chalk P=
it
[denotified SSSI]
Private
GSN 1990;
Norwich
Groundsman's Pit
TG191081
disused chalk pit
Geol
Exposure
of the Cretaceous Campanian Chalk of the Pre-Weybourne Chalk sub-division,
B.mucronata Zone.
Whittlesea 2002;
[Public]
Norwich
Harford Bridge Pits, =
Site 1
& HBR1
TG 2188 0576
exposure
at top of old pit beside golf course', part of complex of largely overgro=
wn
pits
Geol
Exposure
of the Cretaceous Campanian Chalk of the Weybourne Chalk sub-division,
B.mucronata Zone. Exposes 2.25m of blocky, hard white chalk with numerous
oysters and scattered black nodular flints.
Pitchford 1990a
ED
JCA84
Private
GSN 1990;
Norwich
Harford Bridge Pits, =
Site 2
& HBR2
TG 2200 0569
Small
tufa-encrusted face with adit in centre of wooded area of former pit comp=
lex'
Geol
Exposure of the Creta=
ceous
Campanian Chalk of the Weybourne Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata Zone.
Exposes 1.5m of hard, nodular chalk which yielded lowest record of
Carneithyris carnea which characterises overlying Beeston Chalk.
Pitchford 1990a
ED
JCA84
Private
GSN 1990;
Norwich
Lollard's Pit & B=
ishop's
Bridge Pit & St Matthew's Church pit
TG 241089 & 241098 =
&
241087
Group of former chalk pits
Geol
Former exposures of C=
retaceous
Chalk of the Mucronata Zone once yielding Mosasaur and shark fossils. Sec=
tion
with adits reported by N Peake at TG241087. Pits represent line of workin=
gs
along river bluff.
Wood 1988, p90;
ED
JCA78
Private
GSN 1988;
Norwich
Mile Cross Lane Pit
?
former quarry
Geol
[Exposure of Norwich
Brickearth]
?
ED
JCA78
[Private]
RADM 2007
Norwich
Mousehold Heath
TG2410
Wooded
heath'
Geol & Arch & [=
Geom]
Various exposures of
Pleistocene [Anglian] glacio-fluvial gravels forming plateau landform.
Findspot (TG248102) of flat-butted cordate in shallow gravel workings and=
3
other hand-axes elsewhere. [Dry valley landforms]. Link with biodiversity
CWS.
Wymer 1985; ERPP 1996;=
ED & EB
JCA78
CWS 1469 (Mousehold He=
ath &
Valley Drive)
Public
BMF 1992; JJW 1985; E=
RPP 1996;
AFP 2008;
Norwich
St James Hol=
low
Chalk Pit & St James' Pit GCR <=
/span>
TG242094
Old
pit at southern end of Mousehold Heath' with exposure 'at base of wooded
slope above children's playground'
Geol
Nationally important =
exposure
of the Cretaceous Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division,
B.mucronata/langei Zone, yielding mosasaurus fossils. Small exposure of s=
oft
yellow chalk visible. GCR SSSI.
BMF 1992 - File N22; =
GSN
1990; GSN 2007;
Norwich
Slough Bottom
TG211 101
Waste ground south of=
Burnet Rd
and industrial estate
Geol & Arch
Exposure (possible te=
mporary)
of Pleistocene gravels of R. Wensum Terrace 1; findspot of Palaeolithic
Levellois flake.
ERPP 1996
EB
JCA78
[Private]
ERPP 1996
Norwich
Sprowston Road Chalk =
Pit
TG 237105
landscaped former cha=
lk pit and
lime kilns
Geol & Econ
Exposure of Cretaceou=
s Chalk of
the B.mucronata Zone; pit active c.1900.
BGS Photo #P242217 / BAAS03812=
ED + HC
JCA78
[Private]
BGS Geoscenic Archive=
Norwich
Thunder Lane Corner P=
it
TG263102
former quarry
Geol
[Exposure of Pleistoc=
ene ice
wedges]
?
ED
JCA78
[Private]
RADM 2007
Norwich
Whiffler Road
TG21201070
exposure behind factory'
Geol
Exposure
of the Cretaceous Campanian Chalk of the Weybourne Chalk sub-division,
B.mucronata Zone. 4.5m of mrarely nodular, soft white chalk containing fo=
ur
nodular flint bands.