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TOPOGRAPHY OF BLAKENEY POINT. 
Before leaving the subject, a remark may be added as to 
the name Marams (sic) ; this, under present conditions, would 
appear to be a misnomer, as Marram Grass ( Psamma ) plays 
no conspicuous part in the vegetation. Blown sand is not 
transported to this part of the system, and nothing of the 
nature of dune formation now exists. The question whether 
dunes may not have existed here in bygone times, so that the 
name really possesses historic justification, is referred to on 
a later page. 
The Hood. 
A third of a mile west of the Marams is a small cluster of 
lateral banks, largely masked by a double-headed sand dune of 
horse-shoe form. In the concavity of this hill a little salt 
marsh is concealed — notable as the only locality on Blakeney 
Point for J uncus maritimus. 
The most westerly of this group of laterals, after fringing 
the sand hill, continues right out into the estuary for a distance 
of nearly half-a-mile, where it ends in a terminal pointing West 
instead of East — a most exceptional phenomenon. The probable 
explanation is that the great length reached by this bank has 
made it subject to the scour of the tide as it runs off the flats. 
In any case this bank is much wasted, and its crest only 
slightly raised above the general level of the mud. On its 
Eastern side, near its extremity, is an extensive salt marsh of 
some interest, named the “ Samphire Marsh,” owing to its being 
resorted to by local samphire gatherers (Fig. 1, S.M.). 
The Long Hills and the Headland. 
Beyond the Hood the main beach continues its direction for 
a third of a mile, where it gives off another lateral ; its general 
direction then undergoes a landward inflection of about 30 
degrees, and at the same time widens out into an intricate 
complex of laterals which collectively form the Long Hills and 
the Headland. 
As already stated, two approximated banks on the East bear 
the Long Hills system of sand dunes, whilst the Beacon 
