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Pentargon panorama

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:18:06 +0000

A panorama composed from four portrait-style photos joined using Canon's PhotoStitch software.

Just north-east of Boscastle, the short, steep-sided Pentargon valley ends abruptly, its waterfall plunging 120 ft over the sheer lip into the Pentargon inlet below. There are a number of these truncated valleys on the north Cornwall coast. Few of them extend far inland and often end with a spectacular, if small, waterfall over a vertical drop to the beach below.

The rocks are shales with thin turbidite sandstones - part of the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous) - which are deformed into tight horizontal recumbent folds.

Pentargon blue

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:34:37 +0000

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Pentargon is a beautiful rocky inlet just north-east of Boscastle, on the coast of north Cornwall. Viewed here from the truncated lip.

Here, the short, steep-sided Pentargon valley ends abruptly, its waterfall plunging 120 ft over the sheer lip into the Pentargon inlet below. There are a number of these truncated valleys on the north Cornwall coast. Few of them extend far inland and often end with a spectacular, if small, waterfall over a vertical drop to the beach below.

Pentargon 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:04:55 +0000

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Pentargon valley and waterfall

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:09:19 +0000

Earthwatcher has posted:

Just north-east of Boscastle, the short, steep-sided Pentargon valley ends abruptly, its waterfall plunging 120 ft over the sheer lip into the Pentargon inlet below. There are a number of these truncated valleys on the north Cornwall coast. Few of them extend far inland and often end with a spectacular, if small, waterfall over a vertical drop to the beach below.

The rocks are shales with thin turbidite sandstones - part of the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous) - which are deformed into tight horizontal recumbent folds.

Photo taken from the spectacular South West Coastal Path, which follows the cliff indentations and gives tremendous views.

On the edge - Pentargon waterfall

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:14:12 +0000

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The top of the Pentargon waterfall, taken from a rather precarious position just off the spectacular South West Coastal Path.

Just north-east of Boscastle, the short, steep-sided Pentargon valley ends abruptly, its waterfall plunging 120 ft over the sheer lip into the Pentargon inlet below. There are a number of these truncated valleys on the north Cornwall coast. Few of them extend far inland and often end with a spectacular, if small, waterfall over a vertical drop to the beach below.

The rocks are shales with thin turbidite sandstones - part of the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous) - which are deformed into tight horizontal recumbent folds.