Gallery 38 - Shaldon to Starcross
Horse Rocks
View over the breakwater at Shell Cove to Horse Rocks , Sea Stacks formed from fine grained well-bedded Breccia.
In the view is Clerk's Tunnel (58 yds long).
One of the 5 tunnels cut by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to take the Paddington to Penzance Railway line
along the coast between Teignmouth and Dawlish .
Phillot Tunnel (49 yards long) and Coryton's Tunnel (227 yards long) cutting through narrow headlands
are the next tunnels heading north.
The tunnels are named after the landowners.
No access from the coast path to Shell and Horse Coves or Horse Rocks.
Ref: 6799
Date: 27/01/2019
Location: SX 9602 7527