Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Norfolk, England |
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Grid reference | TF 990 441[1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.0 hectare (2.5 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1984[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Morston Cliff is a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) geologicalSite of Special Scientific Interest east ofWells-next-the-Sea inNorfolk, England.[1][2] It is aGeological Conservation Review site.[3] It is part of BlakeneyNational Nature Reserve,[4] which is managed by theNational Trust,[5] and of theNorfolk CoastArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[6]
This keyPleistocene site has the onlyinterglacial deposit of araised beach inEast Anglia. It is believed to beIpswichian, dating to around 125,000 years ago, and is overlain by glacial deposits of the lateDevensian Hunstanton Till.[7]
ThePeddars Way andNorfolk Coast Path go through the site.