Cromer Ridge is a ridge of old glacial moraines (terminal moraine) that stands next to the coast above Cromer, Norfolk, England. Moraine refers to any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (soil and rock which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions such as those Cromer is a coastal Town and Civil parish in the north of the English county of Norfolk. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Cromer Ridge seems to have been the front line of the ice sheet for some time at the last glaciation, which is shown by the large size of the feature. All the material that was dredged up from the North Sea was poured out of the glaciers to form a ridge.
Located on the North Norfolk coast the Cromer Ridge is the highest land of East Anglia (92 m) and 14 km long. North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, United Kingdom. East Anglia is often used as a shorthand for the Kingdom of the East Angles. It is characterised by its irregular, undulating, intimate and well-wooded topography and by substantial areas of heather in the west. Small, enclosed arable fields, hedgebanks, sunken lanes and sparse settlement are also characteristic features of the ridge. A sunken lane, also called a hollow way or holloway, is a road which has over time fallen significantly lower than the land on either side The crumbling cliffs at the coast are of glacial sands and gravels with some chalk exposures.
Formation
The Cromer Ridge was formed during the last glacial period, the Devensian Glaciation, when the Cromer Till lobe, normally confined to the north east of Norwich, laying down more clayey deposits nearer the coast, and the Lowestoft Till, which crossed the entire county from west to east depositing very chalky (marly) till or boulder clay to the north coast, met. "Last glacial" redirects here For the period of maximum glacier extent during this time see Last Glacial Maximum The last glacial period History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund Marl or Marlstone is a Calcium carbonate or lime -rich mud or Mudstone which contains variable amounts of Clays and Aragonite This meeting of the two lobes near Cromer led to huge contortions - not only in the glacial deposits themselves, but to the underlying solid geology itself.
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