Dorset Landscape Photography: Another cliff fall ?
01st March 2012
Dorset Landscape Photography
Another cliff fall at Burton Bradstock?
I went to check on the area around the recent cliff fall today as a few people had mentioned they felt more had come down.
I am not sure if there has been a second cliff fall, but it does seem that the rocks and boulders from the initial fall have been spread across the beach, towards the Hive Beach Café. Further erosion and damage has seems to have been done to the cliffs to the East of the original fall.
The erosion has uncovered a number of ledges and holes in the cliff and shows clearly the effects of coastal erosion, with the rocks crumbling in-between and around pillars, leaving gaping holes and climb-throughs exposed.
I spoke with Coast Watch today but they had no reports of any further falls from the cliff face, although they too had been investigating earlier in the day.
In any event, there is now more widespread rocks and boulders on the beach at Burton Bradstock, so please take extra care if visiting the site; keep away from the cliff edge and don't let your children climb all over the initial fall, especially near the cliffs.
Another cliff fall at Burton Bradstock?
I went to check on the area around the recent cliff fall today as a few people had mentioned they felt more had come down.
I am not sure if there has been a second cliff fall, but it does seem that the rocks and boulders from the initial fall have been spread across the beach, towards the Hive Beach Café. Further erosion and damage has seems to have been done to the cliffs to the East of the original fall.
The erosion has uncovered a number of ledges and holes in the cliff and shows clearly the effects of coastal erosion, with the rocks crumbling in-between and around pillars, leaving gaping holes and climb-throughs exposed.
I spoke with Coast Watch today but they had no reports of any further falls from the cliff face, although they too had been investigating earlier in the day.
In any event, there is now more widespread rocks and boulders on the beach at Burton Bradstock, so please take extra care if visiting the site; keep away from the cliff edge and don't let your children climb all over the initial fall, especially near the cliffs.
Comments
By Steve Graham: These photographs must be a fantastic resource to anyone interested in just how this fantastic landscape was formed and as we can see here reformed. It has to be something schools and university's can use as real evidence of the way our world develops and changes over time and how recent those changes really are. Fantastic stuff keep it up Graham. By Cynthia Pelman: is there any report of unusual fossils being exposed by the recent rockfalls? I would love to know! Cynthia By David Boon: These excelent photos are a great resource for geologists. Keep up the good work Graham.