2017

NZ3476 : Collywell Bay

taken 6 years ago, near to Hartley, Northumberland, England

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Collywell Bay
Collywell Bay
The bay takes its name from the Colly Well which was located at the base of the cliffs on Collywell Sands. It is not shown on Ordnace Survey maps after 1865 and has either been destroyed by cliff erosion or covered by recent sea defences.

"Here, near the Collywell spring on the beach, a dyke, at least 12 feet in width where it rises at the foot of the cliff, is finely shown, ending off in two tongues of basalt, the longest of which, after curving amongst disturbed and contorted shale, dies out about 11 feet from the ground beneath a bed of sandstone, which it had not the force to break through. The fault along which this dyke was injected is well seen continuing its upward course."
Outlines of the Geology of Northumberland and Durham by G A Lebour (1886) page 86.

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NZ3476, 34 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 10 December, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 10 December, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 3405 7639 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:4.8478N 1:28.0911W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 34188 76217
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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