Gallery 4 - Woolacombe to Hartland Point
Westward Ho! - Raised Beach
A view from the grassy meadow west of Seafield House (1885) - Westward Ho!.
Beach deposits of mainly Culm sandstone Cobbles in a sandy matrix lying on an ancient wave cut platform ,
Left high and dry when sea levels fell 125,000 years ago.
Covered with head from the period 10,000 - 100,000 years ago when periglacial conditions -
freeze / thaw cycles caused the rock to fragment into a layer of angular stones and small debris.
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Date: 27/04/2016
Location: SS 4203 2903