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