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UK Site of Special Scientific Interest
Weybourne Town Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationNorfolk, England
Grid referenceTG 114 430
InterestGeological
Area0.7 hectares (1.7 acres)
Notification1984
Location mapMagic Map

Weybourne Town Pit is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Sheringham in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and it is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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.

There is access to the site from Sheringham Road.

References

  1. ^ "Designated Sites View: Weybourne Town Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. "Map of Weybourne Town Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. "Weybourne Town Pit (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. "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.
  5. "Weybourne Town Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

52°56′46″N 1°10′23″E / 52.946°N 1.173°E / 52.946; 1.173

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