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During the Ice Age many of the parts of Britain that were not actually glaciated were, nonetheless, subjected to the rigours of an arctic or sub-arctic climate. Far removed from the moderating influence of the Atlantic, East Anglia was probably subjected to particularly severe conditions. Temperatures may well have been as much as 15°C cooler than today and the ground was frozen to great depths by permafrost.
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© 1992 A. S. Goudie and R. A. M. Gardner
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Goudie, A., Gardner, R. (1992). Walton Common’s mysterious ramparts. In: Discovering Landscape in England & Wales. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2298-6_34
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