Comment
Initial Consultation document
Representation ID: 91934
Received: 06/08/2018
Respondent: Norfolk Geodiversity Partnership
The texts regarding potential impact on Geodiversity and Archaeology need modifying to make clear about the potential impact on Palaeolithic resources. The old Lodge Pit (aka Frimstone's Quarry) located c.500 m north of MIN 204 has yielded significant assemblages of quartzite as well as flint palaeoliths (see Wessex Archaeology 1996; Macrae 1999; Hardaker & Macrae 2000), and has been subject to recent study for evidence of Middle Pleistocene Stage 6 glaciation (see Gibbard et al 2011). Interpretation of the lithic assemblages and geology at Feltwell are relevant to current archaeological debate relating to pre-Anglian human occupation of Britain. It is highly likely that similar deposits will be present at MIN 204, which means that watching briefs and permissive access for geological and archaeological monitoring of exposures and spoil heaps should be requested as a planning condition.
The texts regarding potential impact on Geodiversity and Archaeology need modifying to make clear about the potential impact on Palaeolithic resources. The old Lodge Pit (aka Frimstone's Quarry) located c.500 m north of MIN 204 has yielded significant assemblages of quartzite as well as flint palaeoliths (see Wessex Archaeology 1996; Macrae 1999; Hardaker & Macrae 2000), and has been subject to recent study for evidence of Middle Pleistocene Stage 6 glaciation (see Gibbard et al 2011). Interpretation of the lithic assemblages and geology at Feltwell are relevant to current archaeological debate relating to pre-Anglian human occupation of Britain. It is highly likely that similar deposits will be present at MIN 204, which means that watching briefs and permissive access for geological and archaeological monitoring of exposures and spoil heaps should be requested as a planning condition.