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Initial Consultation document
Question 60: Proposed site MIN 204
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.
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Initial Consultation document
Question 61: Proposed site MIN 19 & MIN 205
Representation ID: 91943
Received: 06/08/2018
Respondent: Norfolk Geodiversity Partnership
We wish to make additional comments, to modify the existing paragraph on Geodiversity.
"The site consists of peat and valley fill deposits, overlying Leziate Member bedrock. It is listed as KLW64 in the Norfolk Geodiversity Audit. It is highly likely that complex sequences of valley fill sediments (glacial and interglacial) containing fossil material and evidence of Middle Pleistocene sea-level changes are present, as recorded at other sites nearby. MINs 19 and 205 are therefore likely to contain geodiversity priority features. Potential impacts to geodiversity would need to be assessed and appropriate mitigation identified as part of any future application."
We wish to make additional comments, to modify the existing paragraph on Geodiversity.
"The site consists of peat and valley fill deposits, overlying Leziate Member bedrock. It is listed as KLW64 in the Norfolk Geodiversity Audit. It is highly likely that complex sequences of valley fill sediments (glacial and interglacial) containing fossil material and evidence of Middle Pleistocene sea-level changes are present, as recorded at other sites nearby. MINs 19 and 205 are therefore likely to contain geodiversity priority features. Potential impacts to geodiversity would need to be assessed and appropriate mitigation identified as part of any future application."
