St.
Peter’s High School
Geography Department
Mr A Barnard | Mrs A Dadge | Mr J Mitchell | Mrs S Miklausic | Mrs G Stott | Mr A Williams
Mrs Stott's New Year Trip to the Norfolk Coast 2
WHAT ARE THE CLIFFS LIKE?
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The
cliffs at Happisburgh are made of very soft rock, deposited at the time
of a glaciation about 300, 000 years ago.
How
high do you estimate the cliffs to be? How does the cliff erode?
What do you think will happen next?
Photo
showing the height of the cliffs and the closenss of the village to the
cliff edge. On the right of the photo you can just make out the road which has almost completely disappeared.
At
the base of the cliffs, walking back towards Happisburgh.
Old attempts to hold on to the cliffs.
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