DOCSLIB.ORG

West Runton & Beeston Regis Heath

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
West Runton & Beeston Regis Heath WEST RUNTON & BEESTON REGIS HEATH Archaeological Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey For The National Trust Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor June 2012 West Runton & Beeston Regis Heath Archaeological Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Results, with map 4 Conclusions 5 Bibliography 6 Acknowledgements 7 Appendices 2 1 Introduction The survey was commissioned in preparation for a Higher Level Stewardship proposal, and was undertaken in accordance with established guidelines of the Historic Environment Countryside Adviser of Norfolk Landscape Archaeology. The survey covers an area of 87 hectares of woodland and heath, including a recently acquired area of woodland which projected from the west into the earlier property extent. The majority of the managed woodland is on the flatter ground on the top of the Cromer Ridge, the heath and more varied woodland is on the sharply serrated north-facing slopes and intervening spurs of the ridge. The fieldwork method was to perambulate the area in as systematic way as topography and vegetation allows, ideally with c.50m transects, record features of note on a map provided, and give a brief analytical description. Hand-held GPS equipment would assist in positioning of the features. Early published maps were consulted, and the existing archaeological records were provided by Norfolk Landscape Archaeology. (See Appendices A & B). A National Trust Archaeological Report for the earlier area had been compiled by Dr Peter Wade-Martins, the then County Archaeologist in 1986 & 1992. Appropriate references are in the text. The area comprises parts of three parishes, West Runton, Beeston Regis and Aylmerton, within the former is the location of The Roman Camp, a well known local viewpoint and beauty spot, unfortunately misnamed. 2 Summary The major characteristics noted in the 1986 report are predominately verified. with only minor amendments and additions to some of the areas of late Saxon or early medieval iron workings. Some banks, particularly relating to parish boundaries, are significant for comparative dating, whilst a few extraction pits, probably for sand and/or gravel are noted. Of the 2nd World War military features, inspection of the extent as on the existing record indicated few remaining features, only slit trenches, but two additional sites were was recorded outside this area. 3 3 Results General The listing uses the Historic Environment Record (HER) numbers as on the archaeological record (Appendix A), where appropriate, but Fig 1, the survey record, only shows the extents in red as noted in 1986, which are considered a more accurate picture, along with any additional information. The new and individual sites within the HER extents are numbered consecutively throughout the report. The general description of the iron working pits in the 1986 report is considered appropriate and does not need to be repeated. All the modern forestry rides within the southern half of the area have an irregular bank on each side, often with spoil heaps from earthmoving. These have not been noted otherwise. June is not the optimum time for this type of survey, and the client was well aware of the potential for not identifying small features in the denser areas of vegetation, particularly bracken. Listing HER 6351 Iron working pits, two areas shown as in 1986 report. See also Site 13. HER 6353 No features identified. HER 6387 Signal Station (Beacon). The description in the present record and the site plan at the location need no further enhancement. HER 6417 Site of brick kiln. No convincing evidence, but several undulations in the general area are presumably related to it. HER 28916 Iron working pits. The area has been slightly extended from that on the 1986 report. See also Sites 18 & 19. Site 1 TG18734140. Two trenches, 2m wide and 1m deep on either side of a woodland ride. The southern one, L-shaped, has a longer length of 8m, a short one of 3m. The northern one is c.8m and parallel to the ride only 3m from it. These are obviously more recent than the surrounding iron workings, possibly a slit trench, or more likely a minor attempt at drainage. HER 38320 Unclear as to the exact extent of this area as it seems to overlap with 6351. However a substantial earth bank borders the working sand quarry to the south, but this is outside the NT property. Other banks in this vicinity are noted as Site 12. 4 HER 38325 A large area of recorded military activity, possibly a training area. Includes the following features within. Site 2 TG17794173. A large extraction pit cut into the western edge of a northward pointing spur, c.50m diameter. Accessed from a track to the west. Not considered of military origin, probably post-medieval. Site 3 TG18084174. A c.30m length of bank of 2m spread and 0.3m high. Not thought to be military, unclear origin, possibly a fragment of a former enclosure. Site 4 TG18134168. A c.25m slightly curved length of slit trench, 1m wide, 0.5m deep with a spoil bank to its north, oriented roughly NW-SE. Site 5 TG18284165. A c.35 m length of slit trench, c.1m deep and up to 2m wide is positioned immediately to the south of the wood boundary. Possibly a re-dug ditch formed into a trench. Site 6 TG18224163. A series of slit trenches, 1m wide and rarely more than 0.5 deep lies c.30m south of Site 5. It extends roughly 30m E-W and includes near its east end what could have been a circular trench. Site 7 TG18184151 A series of slit trenches of varying orientations, extending roughly 40m N-S and 50m E-W. Site 8 TG18284156. A small group, on edge of area, of what would seem to be features similar to the iron workings. However being off the ridge top it is possibly military or other extraction. Site 9 TG17844193 to TG17854190. A c.35m length of bank, up to 0.3m high and spread up to 3m forms a short part of the parish boundary between Beeston Regis and Runton. Site 10 TG17964172 to TG17984177. A c.50m length of linear depression c.4m wide and up to 0.8m deep, forming a hollow way of a track. The present path to its east has superseded it and the whole may well be the line of a track on Faden and Bryant. The path for much of its length on the sloping ground is a rather unusual feature in that it mostly is a cut pathway, with vertical sides, c.0.5m wide and deep, partly within a wider linear hollow, not obviously an eroded feature. Was this cut by the military during World War 2, or was it by the NT more recently? Site 11 TG17874189 to TG17964194. A linear slit trench, still shown on OS maps, up to 2m wide and 1m deep with a spoil bank to its north. 5 HER 38326 Iron working pits. In 1986 separated into two areas, on the HER they are linked. The former interpretation is considered more accurate, and shown here. Site 12 TG18574144. On the extreme eastern edge of this HER area is an embayment from the public road extending as a fairly level, but irregularly shaped area for over 30m, the entrance from the road being roughly10m. This has been suggested (pers com) that this was cut to enable tanks to be positioned during the 2nd World War. HER 51033 A series of slit trenches, 1m wide and varying depths. Site 13 TG16954173 to TG18904156. A series of two near parallel banks, roughly 20m apart, up to 4m spread and up to 0.6m high, the northern one in part suggested in 1986 as an early boundary, as the western two-thirds appears to be the southern limit of the iron working of HER 6351. Although obviously altered by some straightening, this does seem a plausible interpretation, as there are no features noted immediately to their south. This in part was also considered the line of a track on Faden’s Map of 1797, the northern bank now mostly levelled within the garden of Heath Cottage. The southern bank here is only a few metres into the garden, but it was felt this could not be ignored in this survey. Again a very plausible interpretation. The central and eastern thirds have a third parallel bank c.4m to their south, completely within the NT area, and still shown on OS maps, as are those above. This would seem to most likely be a post-medieval enclosure boundary. It continues south as Site 14. Site 14 TG17154148 to TG17204169. A bank of lesser definition than Site 13, being very variable in its form. Site 15 TG17004181 to TG17304198. A 5m wide banked track, now more a path, separating the arable land to the north from the steep slopes to the south. It is shown on Bryant, but not on Faden. Site 16 TG17424195. A c.15m embayment into the steep slope to the south may be a former small extraction pit. Site 17 TG17304147 to TG17444145 and TG17704149 to TG17874154. Two lengths of the parish boundary between Beeston Regis and Aylmerton which are banks up to 3m spread and 0.5m high. The gap corresponds quite closely to the iron workings of HER 28916 and would strongly indicate that this feature predates the workings. Faden shows the area to the south rather erroneously as Beeston Heath, despite it being in Aylmerton! On Bryant it is heath but not named. Site 18 TG17384144. An area c.40m by 20m of pits and slight mounds which appear similar to the nearby iron workings of HER 28916.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Contents of Volume 14 Norwich Marriages 1813-37 (Are Distinguished by Letter Code, Given Below) Those from 1801-13 Have Also Been Transcribed and Have No Code
    Norfolk Family History Society Norfolk Marriages 1801-1837 The contents of Volume 14 Norwich Marriages 1813-37 (are distinguished by letter code, given below) those from 1801-13 have also been transcribed and have no code. ASt All Saints Hel St. Helen’s MyM St. Mary in the S&J St. Simon & St. And St. Andrew’s Jam St. James’ Marsh Jude Aug St. Augustine’s Jma St. John McC St. Michael Coslany Ste St. Stephen’s Ben St. Benedict’s Maddermarket McP St. Michael at Plea Swi St. Swithen’s JSe St. John Sepulchre McT St. Michael at Thorn Cle St. Clement’s Erh Earlham St. Mary’s Edm St. Edmund’s JTi St. John Timberhill Pau St. Paul’s Etn Eaton St. Andrew’s Eth St. Etheldreda’s Jul St. Julian’s PHu St. Peter Hungate GCo St. George Colegate Law St. Lawrence’s PMa St. Peter Mancroft Hei Heigham St. GTo St. George Mgt St. Margaret’s PpM St. Peter per Bartholomew Tombland MtO St. Martin at Oak Mountergate Lak Lakenham St. John Gil St. Giles’ MtP St. Martin at Palace PSo St. Peter Southgate the Baptist and All Grg St. Gregory’s MyC St. Mary Coslany Sav St. Saviour’s Saints The 25 Suffolk parishes Ashby Burgh Castle (Nfk 1974) Gisleham Kessingland Mutford Barnby Carlton Colville Gorleston (Nfk 1889) Kirkley Oulton Belton (Nfk 1974) Corton Gunton Knettishall Pakefield Blundeston Cove, North Herringfleet Lound Rushmere Bradwell (Nfk 1974) Fritton (Nfk 1974) Hopton (Nfk 1974) Lowestoft Somerleyton The Norfolk parishes 1 Acle 36 Barton Bendish St Andrew 71 Bodham 106 Burlingham St Edmond 141 Colney 2 Alburgh 37 Barton Bendish St Mary 72 Bodney 107 Burlingham
    [Show full text]
  • West Runton Elephant
    Cromer Museum Brief History Guide no: 17 £1.25p The West Runton Elephant Steppe Mammoth Mammuthus trogontherii By Nigel Larkin 1 The West Runton Freshwater Bed is the dark band at the bottom of the cliffs 2 twigs and small mammal Discovery bones, through medium sized The story begins on 13 Decem- deer, horse and rhino bones to ber 1990 when, following a the huge bones of elephants stormy night, local residents that roamed our country in Harold and Margaret Hems took herds back then. There have a walk on the beach. They been many species of elephant found a large bone partly ex- living in England over the last posed at the bottom of the few millions of years. The West cliffs, and contacted Norfolk Runton Elephant, living when Museums Service. It was identi- the Freshwater Bed was laid fied as a pelvic bone of a large down, was the Steppe Mam- elephant. Just over a year later moth Mammuthus trogontherii . after another storm, several more huge bones were uncov- This was the largest species of ered. This was obviously a find elephant that has ever lived, of major significance, and in and the largest animal ever to January 1992 the first explora- have lived on land except for tory excavation took place. the very biggest dinosaurs. Once the results of this had Standing four metres high at its been evaluated, a second ma- shoulder, it would have jor 3 month excavation fol- weighed about ten tons – twice lowed in 1995. the weight of any male African elephant you would find today.
    [Show full text]
  • Tributary Farmland
    NORFOLK COAST COAST AONB AONB – Integrated – Integrated Landscape Landscape Guidance Guidance tributary farmland 1 tributary farmland Integrated landscape character MAP 23a - Landscape Character Type - Tributary Farmland Key Plan Tributary Farmland is typically an expansive landscape of open, gently rolling farmland. To the west, the farmland is underlain by deep drifts of Boulder Clay, which smother the underlying Chalk, but to the east of Sheringham, the soils of the Tributary Farmland have developed from sandier deposits, formed on drifts of brown sandy Norwich Brickearth underlain by the shelly sands and gravels of the Norwich Crag formation. Historically the area has been subdivided into relatively small tenanted and owner-occupied landholdings, based loosely around villages and this historic landownership pattern is reflected in the rather unregimented pattern of relatively small, irregularly shaped fields, loosely structured settlements and many scattered, isolated farmsteads and cottages. The majority of the landscape was not farmed as open fields, but was enclosed in a piecemeal fashion, over centuries. The Tributary Farmland has a less regulated and tightly structured landscape pattern than areas of farmland where Parliamentary Enclosure was more dominant, but over the years, the differences have become less marked as hedgerow removal and infill development within villages has led to larger, more geometric fields and a more nucleated settlement form. Arable field predominate, with areas of grassland in the smaller fields which are typically found on the fringes of settlements and individual rural properties. These fields often retain a strong sense of enclosure and echo the historic landscape pattern of a small-scale, more organic layout of fields, hedgerows and rural buildings.
    [Show full text]
  • North Norfolk District Council (Alby
    DEFINITIVE STATEMENT OF PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY NORTH NORFOLK DISTRICT VOLUME I PARISH OF ALBY WITH THWAITE Footpath No. 1 (Middle Hill to Aldborough Mill). Starts from Middle Hill and runs north westwards to Aldborough Hill at parish boundary where it joins Footpath No. 12 of Aldborough. Footpath No. 2 (Alby Hill to All Saints' Church). Starts from Alby Hill and runs southwards to enter road opposite All Saints' Church. Footpath No. 3 (Dovehouse Lane to Footpath 13). Starts from Alby Hill and runs northwards, then turning eastwards, crosses Footpath No. 5 then again northwards, and continuing north-eastwards to field gate. Path continues from field gate in a south- easterly direction crossing the end Footpath No. 4 and U14440 continuing until it meets Footpath No.13 at TG 20567/34065. Footpath No. 4 (Park Farm to Sunday School). Starts from Park Farm and runs south westwards to Footpath No. 3 and U14440. Footpath No. 5 (Pack Lane). Starts from the C288 at TG 20237/33581 going in a northerly direction parallel and to the eastern boundary of the cemetery for a distance of approximately 11 metres to TG 20236/33589. Continuing in a westerly direction following the existing path for approximately 34 metres to TG 20201/33589 at the western boundary of the cemetery. Continuing in a generally northerly direction parallel to the western boundary of the cemetery for approximately 23 metres to the field boundary at TG 20206/33611. Continuing in a westerly direction parallel to and to the northern side of the field boundary for a distance of approximately 153 metres to exit onto the U440 road at TG 20054/33633.
    [Show full text]
  • Parish Registers and Transcripts in the Norfolk Record Office
    Parish Registers and Transcripts in the Norfolk Record Office This list summarises the Norfolk Record Office’s (NRO’s) holdings of parish (Church of England) registers and of transcripts and other copies of them. Parish Registers The NRO holds registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns of marriage for most parishes in the Diocese of Norwich (including Suffolk parishes in and near Lowestoft in the deanery of Lothingland) and part of the Diocese of Ely in south-west Norfolk (parishes in the deanery of Fincham and Feltwell). Some Norfolk parish records remain in the churches, especially more recent registers, which may be still in use. In the extreme west of the county, records for parishes in the deanery of Wisbech Lynn Marshland are deposited in the Wisbech and Fenland Museum, whilst Welney parish records are at the Cambridgeshire Record Office. The covering dates of registers in the following list do not conceal any gaps of more than ten years; for the populous urban parishes (such as Great Yarmouth) smaller gaps are indicated. Whenever microfiche or microfilm copies are available they must be used in place of the original registers, some of which are unfit for production. A few parish registers have been digitally photographed and the images are available on computers in the NRO's searchroom. The digital images were produced as a result of partnership projects with other groups and organizations, so we are not able to supply copies of whole registers (either as hard copies or on CD or in any other digital format), although in most cases we have permission to provide printout copies of individual entries.
    [Show full text]
  • Picturesque Traditional Brick and Flint Coastal Property
    PICTURESQUE TRADITIONAL BRICK AND FLINT COASTAL PROPERTY ST. SAVA WEST RUNTON, NORFOLK PICTURESQUE TRADITIONAL BRICK AND FLINT PROPERTY IN THIS POPULAR COASTAL VILLAGE ST. SAVA WEST RUNTON, NORFOLK, NR27 9QJ Entrance hall w sitting room w dining room w garden room kitchen/breakfast room w five bedrooms w shower room garage WC/cloakroom, gravelled off street parking, mature garden w in all about 0.1 of an acre w EPC rating = D The Property St. Sava is a picturesque semi detached property, traditionally constructed of brick and flint under a pantiled roof as one of a pair of cottages believed to date from the Edwardian era. The house has spacious and well-arranged accommodation over three floors with fine south westerly views over the garden to countryside beyond forming part of the North Norfolk Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The property has been in the ownership of the same family since the 1980s and was re-wired about three years ago, the current occupant has lived here since 2007. The property is situated off a private un- adopted road just inland from the coast. Outside The house can be approached by a private un-adopted road either from the north or the south. To the rear and south of the house a pair of white painted gates and a brick and flint wall lead onto a gravelled parking area where there is also an up-and-over doorway access to the garage. There is a pedestrian access down the side of the house which leads to a very pretty garden largely laid to lawn with well stocked mixed shrub and herbaceous beds and a variety of ornamental shrubs and trees.
    [Show full text]
  • STATEMENT of PERSONS NOMINATED Election of Parish
    STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED North Norfolk Election of Parish Councillors The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a Councillor for Aldborough and Thurgarton Reason why Name of Candidate Home Address Description (if any) Name of Proposer no longer nominated* BAILLIE The Bays, Chapel Murat Anne M Tony Road, Thurgarton, Norwich, NR11 7NP ELLIOTT Sunholme, The Elliott Ruth Paul Martin Green, Aldborough, NR11 7AA GALLANT Spring Cottage, The Elliott Paul M David Peter Green, Aldborough, NR11 7AA WHEELER 4 Pipits Meadow, Grieves John B Jean Elizabeth Aldborough, NR11 7NW WORDINGHAM Two Oaks, Freeman James H J Peter Thurgarton Road, Aldborough, NR11 7NY *Decision of the Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated. The persons above against whose name no entry is made in the last column have been and stand validly nominated. Dated: Friday 10 April 2015 Sheila Oxtoby Returning Officer Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Electoral Services, North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9EN STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED North Norfolk Election of Parish Councillors The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a Councillor for Antingham Reason why Name of Candidate Home Address Description (if any) Name of Proposer no longer nominated* EVERSON Margra, Southrepps Long Trevor F Graham Fredrick Road, Antingham, North Walsham, NR28 0NP JONES The Old Coach Independent Bacon Robert H Graham House, Antingham Hall, Cromer Road, Antingham, N. Walsham, NR28 0NJ LONG The Old Forge, Everson Graham F Trevor Francis Elderton Lane, Antingham, North Walsham, NR28 0NR LOVE Holly Cottage, McLeod Lynn W Steven Paul Antingham Hill, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 0NH PARAMOR Field View, Long Trevor F Stuart John Southrepps Road, Antingham, North Walsham, NR28 0NP *Decision of the Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated.
    [Show full text]
  • Maritime Cliff and Slope
    Maritime Cliff and Slope Weybourne cliffs Slumped cliffs, NE Norfolk coast Description East of Cromer the cliffs become higher and more unstable. They are composed of glacial soils Maritime cliffs and slopes comprise sloping to which vary from sand to chalk marl. The vertical faces on the coastline where a break in Overstrand cliffs are generally well vegetated but slope is formed by slippage and/or coastal are subject to major landslides. Flushes caused erosion. by springs issuing from the cliffs are a feature. The six km stretch between Overstrand and In the Norfolk Coast AONB, these are ‘soft cliffs’, Mundesley is the highest, reaching 60 metres in formed from sands, clays and gravels of glacial places where the apex of the Cromer Ridge meets origin with some areas of chalk either at the base the sea. They are very unstable and subject to or as ‘rafts’ that were torn up from the bedrock by frequent landslips through water draining through ice sheets and deposited in the cliffs. They are the cliff slip, followed by erosion by the sea from unstable and subject to frequent slumping and the toe of the cliffs. landslips, particularly where water percolates into the rock, forming often less steep slopes than Beyond Mundesley the cliffs are generally more hard rock cliffs, and are therefore more easily stable, sandier and with less seepage. The colonised by vegetation. situation at Happisburgh is similar though the cliffs are lower and more prone to erosion. Just south- The vegetation of this habitat varies according to east of Happisburgh the cliffs merge with the dune the extent of exposure to wind, sun and salt spray; coast fronting Broadland.
    [Show full text]
  • North Norfolk Workout Group
    NORTH NORFOLK WORKOUT GROUP October 2016 Date Site Activity Meeting Point/Time Monday 3rd Thorpe Market Tree-sey does it! St Margaret’s church, Church Road, Thorpe Market, NR11 8AJ, 12.00pm churchyard (Churchyard tree tidy-up) Car park is opp. the church. Site accessible by Sanders bus (church is 5 minute walk from North Walsham Road bus stop in Thorpe Market village). Friday 7th Overstrand & Strolling down the ‘Strand High Street bus stop, Overstrand, 12.15pm Northrepps walk (Circular walk, approx. 4 miles) Monday 10th The Rookery, Green fingers & muscle-power! The Rookery, Rookery Farm Rd, Walcott, 11.45am. Walcott (Grounds maintenance) Minibus pickups: Cadogan Road car park, Cromer, 11am. North Walsham train station, 11.30am. Friday 14th Felbeck Trust Brambly hedge Aylmerton Village Hall, Church Road, Aylmerton, NR11 8PZ, 12.30pm. site, Aylmerton (Scrub bashing & hedgerow restoration) **If you would like a lift to site today, please let us know in advance** Monday 17th **NO TASK** **NO TASK** **NO TASK** Friday 21st Felbeck Trust Path-ology Aylmerton Village Hall, Church Road, Aylmerton, NR11 8PZ, 12.30pm. site, Aylmerton (Footpath creation & hedge restoration) **If you would like a lift to site today, please let us know in advance** Monday 24th The Patch Patch-ward Hoe! The Patch allotment site, Sheringham High School, 12.30pm. (Allotment tasks) Friday 28th Felbeck Trust Hedging towards winter?… Aylmerton Village Hall, Church Road, Aylmerton, NR11 8PZ, 12.30pm. site, Aylmerton (Hedgerow renewal) **If you would like a lift to site
    [Show full text]
  • Download Our Welcome Leaflet
    Look out for Woods, Birds Nightjars arrive in spring, Woodlands The variety of woodland Heath & making their curious includes patches of mature churring call at dusk. Other native trees, silver birch, birds include woodpeckers, rowan and oak scrub on the Best nuthatches and finches. former heathland and conifer Buzzards and sparrowhawks plantations. Coastal are often seen soaring above the high ground. Heather will not thrive Heather regeneration Views where there is a lot of On the heaths you may spot Reptiles leaf-mould and rich soils. adders basking in the sun, So we’ve restored heathy do not attempt to handle areas by scraping the soil to them. Difficult to see but expose dormant seed. This adder always here are common adder provides ideal conditions lizards and slow worms. for re-establishing heather. Butterflies and moths The white admiral is one Invaders Approaching! Earthworks mark the site of of many butterflies found a signal station, built as part here- its larvae feed on of a chain of similar sites honeysuckle. Green hairstreak to keep watch for French and grayling butterflies are invaders. Messages were found on the heaths. Notable sent remarkably quickly by moths include the barred displaying a coded array of chestnut and day-flying balls and flags, visible to other broad-bordered bee hawk stations along the chain. moth. In medieval times iron- Saxon Iron-pits Welcome to West Runton The heaths and woodland Animals bearing rocks were dug and Beeston Regis Heath are home to muntjac, roe here, leaving behind many and red deer. Several kinds small pits.
    [Show full text]
  • THE GLAVEN RIVER CATCHMENT Links Between Geodiversity and Landscape
    THE GLAVEN RIVER CATCHMENT Links between geodiversity and landscape - A resource for educational and outreach work - Tim Holt-Wilson Norfolk Geodiversity Partnership CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Landscape Portrait 3.0 Features to visit 4.0 Local Details 5.0 Resources 1.0 INTRODUCTION The River Glaven is partly a chalk river, of which there are more in England than any other country in the world. Chalk rivers are fed from groundwater sources in chalk bedrock, producing clear waters. Many of them have ‘winterbourne’ stretches in their headwaters, with intermittent or absent flow in summer. They have characteristic plant communities, and their gravelly beds, clear waters and rich invertebrate life support important populations of brown trout, salmon and other fish. The Stiffkey is a notable example of a chalk river in north Norfolk, and is classified as one between Edgefield Bridge (TG085363) and Glandford Bridge (TG045415). This report explains the links between geodiversity and the biological and cultural character of the river catchment. It provides a digest of information for education and interpretive outreach about this precious natural resource. Some specialist words are marked in blue and appear in the Glossary (section 5). 2.0 LANDSCAPE PORTRAIT 2.1 Topography and geology The River Glaven is a river in north Norfolk with a length of 17 km (11 miles). Its catchment drains an area of some 115 sq km, with its headwaters in the uplands of the Cromer Ridge. It is fed by several tributaries, including the Thornage Beck and Water Lane Beck, among other spring-fed sources; there are no tributaries in the lower reaches where it flows directly over chalk bedrock.
    [Show full text]
  • (A) NEW APPEALS AYLMERTON – PF/20/0691
    APPEALS SECTION (a) NEW APPEALS AYLMERTON – PF/20/0691 - Discontinuation of use of land for aggregate recycling and erection of a single self-build detached dwelling with garage, and ecological improvements; Highfield Aggregates And Recyling, Church Road, Aylmerton NR11 8PZ for Mr Scott Wells INFORMAL HEARING BRISTON - PF/19/1567 - Change of use of land for the stationing of 9 no. caravans for residential use; Land North Of Mill Road, Briston for Mr David O'Connor INFORMAL HEARING FAKENHAM - PF/20/1510 - Single storey side extension; 52 Salmons Way, Fakenham NR21 8NG for Mr & Mrs Aldridge FAST TRACK HOUSEHOLDER HICKLING - PF/20/1230 - Construction of a two-storey outbuilding to be used as ancillary to Marsh Cottage to allow for domestic garage and storage area at ground level and a two-bed apartment at first floor; construction of a new access/driveway off of Pockthorpe Loke and hardstanding around part of the outbuilding; Marsh Cottage, Pockthorpe Loke, Hickling, Norwich NR12 0BX for Mr S Lambard FAST TRACK HOUSEHOLDER STALHAM - PF/20/1073 - Single storey detached dwelling and garage; Land At Lucinda House, Moor Lane, The Green, Stalham, Norwich NR12 9QD for Mrs Linda Fiske WRITTEN REPRESENTTION TATTERSETT – PF/20/1529 - Construction of two storey side and single storey rear extensions; 7A Blenheim Road, Sculthorpe, Fakenham NR21 7PT for Mr & Mrs Connolly FAST TRACK HOUSEHOLDER (b) INQUIRIES AND HEARINGS – PROGRESS HOLT - PO/18/1857 - Outline planning application for the erection of up to 110 dwellings with associated infrastructure to service 2 hectares of land potentially for a new Two Form Entry (2FE) primary school, public open space, landscaping and sustainable drainage system (SuDS) with main vehicular access point from Beresford Road and secondary pedestrian, cycle and emergency access from Lodge Close.
    [Show full text]