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FIG
138.
Natural and man-made features of Area 7.
FIG
139.
Bedrock succession and surface blanket of Area 7.
Almost all of the land of Area 7 is underlain by bedrock of Cretaceous age. The
only exception to this is a small area of bedrock in the High Weald, just north of Battle,
which is of Late Jurassic (Purbeck) age (Fig. 139).
Five distinctive Landscapes can be identified in Area 7, labelled
A
to
E
in Figure
140. The first four of these are defined by their successively younger bedrock, while
the last one is defined by its surface blanket of young material.
