Find Spot record COR 074 - Cliffs at Corton, (Palaeolithic).

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Summary

Palaeolithic implements. Also SSI.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 54 96 (262m by 745m)
Map sheet TM59NW
Civil Parish CORTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

c. 1908? Palaeolithic implements (S1).

Also Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

The cliff at Corton is geologically important because it is the type locality for the Anglian Cold Stage – during which occurred the most extensive Pleistocene glaciation of the British Isles. The cliffs expose a clear sequence of two tills with non-glacial water-lain sands between, together with a third till and associated deposits above. The whole Anglian sequence here can be clearly related to the underlying Cromerian freshwater beds. A nationally important Pleistocene site.

'section in cliff of plateau gravel'

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 257.
  • <S2> Source Unchecked: 1908. Antiquity, February 1908, 63. Antiquity, February 1908, 63.
  • <S3> Digital archive: Wymer, J.J.. 1999. The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPs) The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPS). 22714.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 28 2022 3:30PM

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