Ingham - the geology revealed by three sites off the Bury-Thetford Road

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INGHAM GEOLOGY

INGHAM – THE GEOLOGY REVEALED BY THREE SITES OFF THE BURY–THETFORD ROAD HOWARD MOTTRAM Introduction There have been various stages in the exploitation of aggregates and the subsequent infilling of sites on the northern side of the village of Ingham. The original Geology Sheet Memoir (Whitaker et al., 1891) described some sections just off the southeastern corner of Figure 1 and Simon Lewis, 1993, described a shallow excavation, accessed from the Culford Road, that was 400m to the west of the north-western corner of Figure 1. These small exposures will not be discussed. The focus of this article will be the 3 larger sites that were accessed from the A134 (Bury-Thetford Rd). These are shown on Figure 1 and will be described as; 1- Western Area. This is a roughly elliptical site lying immediately to the east of woodland known as the Folly. The site is centred around TL848717 and was used for waste disposal by Hales. 2-Central Area. A pit effectively bounded by two north-south aligned tracks, it was dug out by D.G.W. Aitkens and subsequently landfilled by Suffolk County Council. This is centred around TL853716. 3-Eastern Area. Continuing eastwards from the latter site towards the Bury Rd there have been further workings, centred around TL856716. These have been carried out by Ingham Hardcore Company Ltd, TJ & WM Cardy, and Culford Waste Ltd and are now in the aftercare stage of restoration.

Figure 1. Ingham - Site Locations and chalk topography

Trans. Suffolk Nat. Soc. 52 (2016)


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