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to London where glacial landforms can be seen
together with their associated sediments.
Usually only the sediments are available
for study. The area is also interesting
because it was Scandinavian ice that created
the landscape, rather than British ice.
This ice penetrated as far south as Norwich
and Lowestoft.
In the cliffs at West Runton (Sheet 133,
TG187432), the basal deposits of the
Scandinavian ice were seen. The major
deposit is till (boulder clay), laid down
directly by the ice. At West Runton,
immense chalk rafts can be seen interbedded
with the till, which are thought to have been
picked up from offshore and to have been
transported to their present position as a
part of the basal load of ice. All the
glacial deposits are greatly deformed,
possibly by ice action or by the weight of
the overlying sediments, and are known as
the 'Contorted Drift'.
Inland, at Telegraph Hill (TG 102425) on
Kelling Heath (near Weybourne), during the
melt phase of the ice, the ice front stood
immediately north of the Hill. At this
time, meltwater carrying debris out from the
ice built up an extensive outwash plain, a
vast sheet of sand and gravel, now forming
the Heath, running from Weybourne to Priston,
some 10 km to the south. The north face of
the outwash plain, at Telegraph Hill, is
very steep and probably represents the
contact slope between the ice and the
material that was building up in front of
it. Running south from the crest of the
Hill is a very gentle slope, reflecting the