Image: The chalk pit - geograph.org.uk - 1772210

Description: The chalk pit This gravel pit is situated north-west of the village of Arminghall. The city of Norwich can be seen in the distance, the large square building at right is County Hall. This view was taken from Boudica's Way which leads past here. The chalk pit by Caistor St Edmund is a working quarry located 4 kilometres south of Norwich. Formerly exploited mainly for chalk, the operations have moved towards an area where the overlying sands and gravel beds are being worked at the expense of the chalk. The pit is the last remaining well-exposed inland section of part of the Beeston Chalk Formation of the Upper Campanian 'Norwich Chalk' and it is also the last inland section of any size in the Upper Campanian succession of the Transitional Province. It is rich in macrofossils and well-preserved microfaunas. Boudica's Way is a 40-mile footpath that links Norwich and the market town of Diss on the Suffolk borders. The name Boudica (often spelled 'Boadicea', which was the Victorian version or 'Boudicca', used by Tacitus) derives from the Celtic 'bouda' which means victory. Boudica was the wife of the Icenian king Prasutagus. When he died his kingdom was annexed by the Romans, Boudica was flogged and her daughters raped. In AD 60 or 61 Boudica led the Iceni, along with others, in revolt. They destroyed Camulodunum (Colchester) and the site of a temple to the former emperor Claudius. Boudica was defeated in the end and is reported by Tacitus to have poisoned herself. The site where she is buried is unknown.
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