Bramerton Pits

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Bramerton Pits is a Site of Special Scientific Interest north of the village of Bramerton in Norfolk on the southern banks of the River Yare , where the Norwich 'Crag' comes to the surface:

• Bramerton Common Pit is adjacent to Bramerton Common near Woods End.
• Blakes Pit is further east at the end of Hill House Road.

The area has given its name to an early Pleistocene glacial stage used in the British Isles called Bramertonian interglacial distinctive by the presence of shelly, sandy deposits indicative of a temporate climate. Fossil marine fish, extinct voles and otters and a mastodont have been found and the area has been escavated many times over the years.

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• Bramerton Pits
• Map of Bramerton Pits
• Bramerton Common Pit
• Blakes Pit
• The Crag at Bramerton