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Town Walls; Sainsbury's Car Park

Flint

  • Sedimentary
  • Flint
  • Upper Cretaceous

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Location of Geological Feature
Flints are the main construction stone used in the rubble masonry of the Town Walls. Local knapping techniques have produced abundant 'nippled flints' with small cones of percussion. Echinoid fossils, often appearing as ring-shaped cross-sections are common in Norfolk flints.
Fossils
Echinoids
Rock Type
Flint
Geological Age
Upper Cretaceous
Quarry Location
Norfolk, England
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Great Yarmouth
Address
St Nicholas Road NR30 1NN
Date of build
13th-14th Century
Find out more
Potter, J. F., 2008, The Medieval Town Wall of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, U.K.: a geological perlustration., BAR Publishing, United Kingdom, 106 pp.
Town Walls; Sainsbury's Car Park — Flint
Flint at Town Walls; Sainsbury's Car Park
Flint at Town Walls; Sainsbury's Car Park (detail 2)
Flint at Town Walls; Sainsbury's Car Park (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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