2006

SY4888 : Overhanging sandstone cliff, Burton Hive

taken 19 years ago, near to Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England

Overhanging sandstone cliff, Burton Hive
Overhanging sandstone cliff, Burton Hive
The limestone rock in the cliffs west of Burton Hive contains fossils which are easy to expose. The figures in this recent cliff-fall are mainly children (with some adult supervision) hitting the sandstone with hammers, presumably looking for fossils. Cliffs with this amount of undercutting and overhang are not places to loiter under - as explained by nearby signs on the beach. There is a geological fault at the Hive and beyond it the cliffs are of clay, and can be seen in the distance (slumped, quite different to the limestone overhang in the foreground).

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Category: Coastline/Beaches
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Geographical Features: Cliffs Automatic Clusters: · Burton Hive [9] · Looking West [6] ·
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SY4888, 57 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jim Champion   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 27 December, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 28 December, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SY 489 888 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:41.7953N 2:43.4924W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SY 489 888
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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