2010
TG2906 : Snowdrops in the Bramerton Pits
taken 14 years ago, near to Bramerton, Norfolk, England
Snowdrops in the Bramerton Pits
The wooded hillside adjoining Bramerton Common at Woods End, above the southern bank of the River Yare, conceals a 12 metres thick layer of shelly silts and sands which has given its name to an early Pleistocene glacial stage called Bramertonian Stage. Bramerton Pits >
Link is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is regarded as a key reference locality. The fossil marine shells >
Link found here indicate that sea levels were much higher when these sediments were deposited here. A variety of fossil animals including marine fishes, extinct voles, a gomphotene mastodont and an extinct otter have been found on the site which has been excavated on several occasions.
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