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The photo shows a line of rock armour sitting on the beach at Holywell,... (more)

Tags: subject:CoastX   top:CoastalX   top:Construction, DevelopmentX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX  

This area of rock armour not only serves the function of coastal defence but has... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   subject:EstuaryX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   top:Suburb, Urban FringeX  

Rock armour sea defences on the beach at Happisburgh.

Tags: BeachX   top:CoastalX   type:GeographX   place:HappisburghX   Rock Armour   Sea DefencesX  

The channel of the Leven used to run further west, and where the channel is now,... (more)

Tags: period:1980sX   Civil EngineeringX   type:GeographX   river:LevenX   top:Rivers, Streams, DrainageX   Rock Armour  

Rock armour sea defences, along the shore of Belfast Lough, between Cultra and... (more)

Tags: Belfast LoughX   top:CoastalX   Coastal PathX   CraigavadX   CultraX   LoughshoreX   PathX   Railway SleepersX   Rock Armour   Sea DefencesX  

Rock armour, along the shore on the eastern side of Belfast harbour, opposite... (more)

Tags: place:BelfastX   Belfast HarbourX   top:Construction, DevelopmentX   Development SiteX   top:Docks, HarboursX   type:GeographX   subject:HarbourX   Rock Armour   ShorelineX  

Rock armour along the shore at Airport Road West - an area reclaimed from... (more)

Tags: place:BelfastX   Belfast HarbourX   place:Belfast LoughX   top:CoastalX   top:Docks, HarboursX   Reclaimed LandX   Rock Armour   subject:Sea DefencesX   Sea DefencesX  

The general cargo ship MV Liamare moored at Spithead Anchorage 8A unloading rock... (more)

Tags: type:Close LookX   top:Estuary, MarineX   boat:MV LiamareX   Rock Armour   boat:SelinaX   place:SpitheadX   place:Spithead Anchorage 8AX  

With rock armour protecting the cliff below the railway line succeeded by... (more)

Tags: BeachX   top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   top:Geological InterestX   top:Heath, ScrubX   top:Housing, DwellingsX   rock:Permian BrecciaX   Rip-RapX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   Sandstone CliffsX   Trees and BushesX  

Used where there are gaps in cliffs below the railway line, just up the slope.

Tags: BushesX   CliffX   top:CoastalX   Coastal RocksX   top:Estuary, MarineX   ForeshoreX   type:GeographX   top:Heath, ScrubX   Railway LineX   top:RailwaysX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   ScrubX  

The headland and its natural arch seen from close to the railway footbridge,... (more)

Tags: CliffX   top:CoastalX   type:Cross GridX   top:Estuary, MarineX   HeadlandX   Natural ArchX   Rip-RapX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   long distance path:South West Coast PathX   WavesX  

A pile of stone blocks that has been delivered to the beach by rock cargo barge.... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   top:Construction, DevelopmentX   type:GeographX   PoolX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   Sand BeachX   Sandstone CliffsX  

Placing SX9266 : Collapsing house, Babbacombe in context from the same spot, with Oddicombe Beach and... (more)

Tags: Cliff FallX   top:CoastalX   top:Geological InterestX   ruin:HouseX   Red SeaX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   SandstoneX   long distance path:South West Coast PathX   top:Sport, LeisureX   SprayX   Wooded CliffsX  

The seawall ends just behind the camera and the rip-rap begins.

Tags: Barrier BeachX   BeachgoersX   top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   Shingle BeachX   top:Sport, LeisureX  

Rock armour protecting the A379 as it runs between the shingle beach and the lower ley.

Tags: A Road (Classified A)X   Bar (Coastal Geomorphology)X   top:CoastalX   Coastal SceneryX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   top:GrasslandX   top:Roads, Road TransportX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   Shingle BeachX  

Cliffs at the northern end of the beach, and, on the left, the rock armour shown... (more)

Tags: CliffsX   top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   top:Geological InterestX   top:Heath, ScrubX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   Rocky ForeshoreX   ScrubX  

Looking across rock armour towards Exmouth and the High Land of Orcombe with... (more)

Tags: Breaking WavesX   CliffsX   top:CoastalX   Coastal TownX   type:Cross GridX   HeadlandsX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   long distance path:South West Coast PathX   White HorsesX  

Or rip-rap. Seen from the foot of the stairs shown in SX9778 : Coast path, Dawlish Warren, with white... (more)

Tags: Breaking WavesX   type:Close LookX   top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   Rip-RapX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   long distance path:South West Coast PathX   White HorsesX  

Swollen by recent storms, the stream drops over rock armour as a small waterfall... (more)

Tags: type:Close LookX   top:CoastalX   stream:Hollicombe LakeX   top:Rivers, Streams, DrainageX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   StonesX   WaterfallX  

Some of these seem to have shifted since placed here a year or two ago. Behind... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   type:GeographX   HeadlandX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   Sandy BeachX  

Unfortunately taken on a very misty afternoon, from the end of Princess Pier a... (more)

Tags: Cliff FallX   top:CoastalX   type:Cross GridX   top:Estuary, MarineX   HousingX   top:People, EventsX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   Sandstone CliffsX   TreesX  

Sea defences North of King's Pier (the location is wrongly shown on OS).... (more)

Tags: BreakwatersX   top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   subject:Sea DefencesX  

Seagulls fly beside a boulder barrier on the south side of the beach at... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, BarrierX   top:CoastalX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   SeagullsX   WavesX  

A wide sandy beach. A line of rock armour along the edge of the golf course.

Tags: BeachX   top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   Golf CourseX   Rock Armour   Sandy BeachX  

It does not extend into the harbour itself as the harbour wall, top, wraps round... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   top:Docks, HarboursX   place:MineheadX   Rip-RapX   Rock Armour  

Tags: BeachX   top:CoastalX   Rock Armour  

The promenade running south the Old Town is protected with rock armour.

Tags: top:CoastalX   PromenadeX   Rock Armour  

Rock armour and a concrete wall provide protection to the south facing cliffs.

Tags: top:CoastalX   Rock Armour   Sea DefencesX  

The shore of Belfast Lough, near the Seafront Road Cultra, showing the rock... (more)

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The east beach and the mouth of the River Sid are littered with debris after the... (more)

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By the time of the photograph the Castle Quay was not in frequent use for... (more)

Tags: Coaster (Cargo Ship)X   top:Docks, HarboursX   LarneX   Larne HarbourX   Rock Armour   ShipX  

The path continuing around Craigavad. The narrow path here feels natural but has... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   Coastal PathX   CraigavadX   type:GeographX   North Down Coastal PathX   subject:PathX   top:PathsX   Rock Armour  

The path continuing around Craigavad towards Cultra. The narrow path here feels... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   Coastal PathX   CraigavadX   type:GeographX   North Down Coastal PathX   subject:PathX   top:PathsX   Rock Armour  

Defending the shingle beach at Eastoke Point.

Tags: top:CoastalX   subject:DefencesX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   place:Hayling IslandX   Rock Armour  

Sea defences on East Beach.

Tags: top:CoastalX   subject:DefencesX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   Rock Armour   subject:Sea DefencesX   beach:ShingleX  

Shingle beach, with groynes and rock armour defences.

Tags: subject:BeachX   top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   GroynesX   Rock Armour  

Rock armour and wooden groynes next to the Esplanade.

Tags: top:CoastalX   subject:DefencesX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   GroynesX   Rock Armour  

Rock armour protecting the coastline at Park Head.

Tags: road:A2 (NI)X   Causeway Coastal RouteX   top:CoastalX   subject:DefencesX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   Rock Armour  

View facing south along the east coast at Golspie Links.

Tags: BeachX   top:CoastalX   subject:DefencesX   Flood DefenceX   type:GeographX   place:GolspieX   Rock Armour   place:ScotlandX   place:Scottish HighlandsX   Sea DefenceX   place:SutherlandX  

Protecting the sea front; Thorncombe Beacon in the distance.

Tags: top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   Rock Armour   subject:Sea DefencesX  

Wooden railings beside concrete steps leading down over the rock armour. This is... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   type:GeographX   top:PathsX   Rock Armour   long distance path:South West Coast PathX   StepsX   Timber RailingsX  

Coastal defences on Preston Beach, with Portland in the distance.

Tags: BeachX   top:CoastalX   Coastal DefenceX   subject:DefencesX   top:Estuary, MarineX   Rock Armour  

A survey mark, attached to the rock armour J3979 : Sea defences, Holywood (January 2015), at The Esplanade.

Tags: place:Belfast LoughX   top:Construction, DevelopmentX   place:HolywoodX   LoughshoreX   Rock Armour   Sea DefencesX   Survey MarkX  

Rock armour sea defences, along the shore of Belfast Lough, at The Esplanade,... (more)

Tags: place:Belfast LoughX   top:CoastalX   place:HolywoodX   LoughshoreX   Rock Armour   Sea DefencesX   subject:Sea DefencesX  

The “seawall” is really a path built on top of the rock armour sea defences. It... (more)

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AKA rip-rap. The Portacabin and gangway belong to BOAT: Boat Owners'... (more)

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The upper beach is protected from erosion by rip-rap or rock armour. In the... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, BarrierX   EstuaryX   top:Estuary, MarineX   top:PathsX   PromenadeX   Rip-RapX   Road Bridge Over RiverX   Rock Armour   top:Village, Rural SettlementX  

A wave-cut platform in front of the headland, providing apassage between Preston... (more)

Tags: BeachX   CliffsX   top:CoastalX   Coastal RocksX   Coastal SceneryX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   top:Geological InterestX   HeadlandX   top:Heath, ScrubX   top:Housing, DwellingsX   rock:New Red SandstoneX   Rock Armour   Rock PoolsX   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   ScrubX   SeaweedX   Wave-Cut PlatformX   WoodX   top:Woodland, ForestX  

On the wave-cut platform also shown in SX8962 : Rocks by Hollicombe Head. This view has the cliffs... (more)

Tags: BeachX   CliffsX   top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   top:Geological InterestX   top:Heath, ScrubX   HousesX   top:Housing, DwellingsX   rock:New Red SandstoneX   Rock Armour   Rock PoolsX   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   ScrubX   SeaweedX   Wave-Cut PlatformX  

Breaking waves reach the wave-cut platform on the northeast side of the rock (right).

Tags: Breaking WavesX   CliffX   top:CoastalX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   top:Geological InterestX   Rip-RapX   Rock Armour   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   long distance path:South West Coast PathX   Wave-Cut PlatformX   White HorsesX