Ancient Pingos Resurrection in Norfolk

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Resurrected pools, remnants of last ice age, attract wildlife in Norfolk

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When the ice sheets retreated at the end of the last ice age , mounds of ice called pingos remained underground until they thawed and the soil slumped, leaving behind shallow hollows that filled with water.

These turned into swampy wetland habitats rich in plants and wildlife.

Breckland, in Norfolk , became pocked with hundreds of these pingo pools, although many were later filled in for farmland and became lost.

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