Happisburgh Cliffs
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Happisburgh Cliffs is a 6.1-hectare (15-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of North Walsham in Norfolk.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
These cliffs are unique as they display three glacial deposits, from the 1.9 million year old
Beestonian and the Cromer Tills of the Anglian stage 450,000 years ago, the most severe ice age of the Pleistocene
.
The cliffs are above a public beach.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Happisburgh Cliffs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Map of Happisburgh Cliffs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Happisburgh (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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