https://www.ipernity.com/tag/earthwatcher/keyword/20028 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/200/FE/AE/1683198.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/earthwatcher/keyword/20028 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:42:40 +0000 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:42:40 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140788 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140788 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:51 +0000 2019-06-20T14:23:10+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140788"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/88/50140788.fcd5259f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> The cliffs of Stackpole Head consist of Carboniferous Limestone gently dipping south. There are sea caves and other solution features visible: the prominent bedding plane just below the cliff top displays palaeo-karst pot-hole-like features. <br /> <br /> Caldey Island is on the centre skyline; Llanmadoc Hill and Rhosili Down on the Gower Peninsula can be seen in the far distance just above the headland.</div> Stackpole Head from Mowingword Point <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140788"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/88/50140788.fcd5259f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> The cliffs of Stackpole Head consist of Carboniferous Limestone gently dipping south. There are sea caves and other solution features visible: the prominent bedding plane just below the cliff top displays palaeo-karst pot-hole-like features. <br /> <br /> Caldey Island is on the centre skyline; Llanmadoc Hill and Rhosili Down on the Gower Peninsula can be seen in the far distance just above the headland.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140792 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140792 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:30:01 +0000 2019-06-20T14:48:01+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140792"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/92/50140792.7ee8d4f0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Viewed from just north of Stackpole Head, the narrow sea arches of 'Lattice Windows' form the headland at the south side of Barafundle Bay. <br /> <br /> In contrast to the gentle southerly dip of the Carboniferous Limestone at Stackpole Head, fold structures have resulted in an increasingly steep northerly dip at Lattice Windows.</div> Lattice Windows sea arches and Barafundle Bay <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140792"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/92/50140792.7ee8d4f0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Viewed from just north of Stackpole Head, the narrow sea arches of 'Lattice Windows' form the headland at the south side of Barafundle Bay. <br /> <br /> In contrast to the gentle southerly dip of the Carboniferous Limestone at Stackpole Head, fold structures have resulted in an increasingly steep northerly dip at Lattice Windows.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140790 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140790 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:58 +0000 2019-06-20T14:47:34+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140790"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/90/50140790.2d2e5f4f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Viewed from Stackpole Head, cloud-streets of cumulus set off the land and seascape looking towards Barafundle bay just left of centre. To the right, the light grey Carboniferous Limestone gives way to cliffs of 'Old Red Sandstone'.</div> Barafundle Bay cloudscape from Stackpole Head <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140790"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/90/50140790.2d2e5f4f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Viewed from Stackpole Head, cloud-streets of cumulus set off the land and seascape looking towards Barafundle bay just left of centre. To the right, the light grey Carboniferous Limestone gives way to cliffs of 'Old Red Sandstone'.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140784 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140784 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:41 +0000 2019-06-20T14:12:21+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140784"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/84/50140784.2c7c738b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Viewed from Mowingword Point, Mowingword Bay, backed by Gun Cliff, is inaccessible except by sea or climbing down the cliffs (climbing equipment and experience needed). The prominent Pinnacle Stack is in the middle of the bay.<br /> <br /> Church Rock just offshore from Broad Haven (S) is visible in the upper left.<br /> <br /> The flat, Tertiary age '200-foot erosion surface' is well seen in this photo.</div> Mowingword Bay, Pinnacle Stack and Gun Cliff <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140784"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/84/50140784.2c7c738b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Viewed from Mowingword Point, Mowingword Bay, backed by Gun Cliff, is inaccessible except by sea or climbing down the cliffs (climbing equipment and experience needed). The prominent Pinnacle Stack is in the middle of the bay.<br /> <br /> Church Rock just offshore from Broad Haven (S) is visible in the upper left.<br /> <br /> The flat, Tertiary age '200-foot erosion surface' is well seen in this photo.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140786 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140786 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:46 +0000 2019-06-20T14:19:48+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140786"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/86/50140786.e12139a4.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Mowingword Point was very colourful on this beautiful summer's day, with the contrasting orange lichens and purple Viper's bugloss.</div> Lichens and Viper&#039;s Bugloss on Mowingword Point <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140786"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/86/50140786.e12139a4.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Mowingword Point was very colourful on this beautiful summer's day, with the contrasting orange lichens and purple Viper's bugloss.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140782 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140782 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:36 +0000 2019-06-20T13:54:28+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140782"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/82/50140782.d4ff9494.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="89" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Immediately inland from Box Bay in the previous photo is the 'Sandy Pit' doline; a large karst solution hollow. There is a connection with the sea at the base, so marine erosion has probably contributed to the enlargement of the hollow. <br /> <br /> The name 'Sandy Pit' possibly refers to a partial filling with post-glacial blown sand (subsequently largely exploited and excavated?)<br /> <br /> This panoramic view shows the large size of the doline and consists of three landscape photos stitched together with Photoshop software.</div> Sandy Pit doline panorama <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140782"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/82/50140782.d4ff9494.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="89" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Immediately inland from Box Bay in the previous photo is the 'Sandy Pit' doline; a large karst solution hollow. There is a connection with the sea at the base, so marine erosion has probably contributed to the enlargement of the hollow. <br /> <br /> The name 'Sandy Pit' possibly refers to a partial filling with post-glacial blown sand (subsequently largely exploited and excavated?)<br /> <br /> This panoramic view shows the large size of the doline and consists of three landscape photos stitched together with Photoshop software.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140780 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140780 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:31 +0000 2019-06-20T13:50:40+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140780"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/80/50140780.c048b199.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Immediately inland from Box Bay in the previous photo is the 'Sandy Pit' doline; a large karst solution hollow. There is a connection with the sea at the base, so marine erosion has probably contributed to the enlargement of the hollow. <br /> <br /> The name 'Sandy Pit' possibly refers to a partial filling with post-glacial blown sand (subsequently largely exploited and excavated?)<br /> <br /> The sea stack of Church Rock is visble in the distance to the left of centre.</div> Sandy Pit doline <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140780"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/80/50140780.c048b199.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Immediately inland from Box Bay in the previous photo is the 'Sandy Pit' doline; a large karst solution hollow. There is a connection with the sea at the base, so marine erosion has probably contributed to the enlargement of the hollow. <br /> <br /> The name 'Sandy Pit' possibly refers to a partial filling with post-glacial blown sand (subsequently largely exploited and excavated?)<br /> <br /> The sea stack of Church Rock is visble in the distance to the left of centre.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140776 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140776 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:25 +0000 2019-06-20T13:38:26+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140776"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/76/50140776.eb971d65.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Just east of Broad Haven and Saddle Point is Box Bay with well developed sea-caves at its eastern end. Can you see the climbers? The rocks are Carboniferous Limestone.<br /> <br /> Box Bay is sometimes known as Sandy Pit Bay (after the doline just inland of the bay). Neither names are used on the Ordnance Survey maps.</div> Box Bay with caves <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140776"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/76/50140776.eb971d65.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Just east of Broad Haven and Saddle Point is Box Bay with well developed sea-caves at its eastern end. Can you see the climbers? The rocks are Carboniferous Limestone.<br /> <br /> Box Bay is sometimes known as Sandy Pit Bay (after the doline just inland of the bay). Neither names are used on the Ordnance Survey maps.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140778 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140778 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:28 +0000 2019-06-20T13:39:15+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140778"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/78/50140778.7705fef6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Just east of Broad Haven and Saddle Point is Box Bay with well developed sea-caves at its eastern end. Can you see the climbers? The rocks are Carboniferous Limestone.<br /> <br /> Box Bay is sometimes known as Sandy Pit Bay (after the doline just inland of the bay). Neither names are used on the Ordnance Survey maps.<br /> <br /> The headlands of Mowingword and Stackpole Head are at the far right.<br /> <br /> This is a panoramic view consisting of two landscape photos sticthed together using Photshop software. Also taken using a polarising filter. I'm pleased with how the clouds have turned out.</div> Box Bay panorama <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140778"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/78/50140778.7705fef6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Just east of Broad Haven and Saddle Point is Box Bay with well developed sea-caves at its eastern end. Can you see the climbers? The rocks are Carboniferous Limestone.<br /> <br /> Box Bay is sometimes known as Sandy Pit Bay (after the doline just inland of the bay). Neither names are used on the Ordnance Survey maps.<br /> <br /> The headlands of Mowingword and Stackpole Head are at the far right.<br /> <br /> This is a panoramic view consisting of two landscape photos sticthed together using Photshop software. Also taken using a polarising filter. I'm pleased with how the clouds have turned out.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140772 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140772 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:17 +0000 2019-06-20T13:24:24+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140772"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/72/50140772.ea6995d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Church Rock sea stack, with its steeple-like point lies just off shore from Broad Haven. This is a view from Saddle Pooint at the eastern end of Broad Haven. The rocks here are Carboniferous Limestone.<br /> <br /> There are two Broad Havens in Pembrokeshire. This is the southern one (the other is in the west in St Brides Bay).</div> Church Rock from Saddle Point <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140772"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/72/50140772.ea6995d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> Church Rock sea stack, with its steeple-like point lies just off shore from Broad Haven. This is a view from Saddle Pooint at the eastern end of Broad Haven. The rocks here are Carboniferous Limestone.<br /> <br /> There are two Broad Havens in Pembrokeshire. This is the southern one (the other is in the west in St Brides Bay).</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140770 tag:ipernity.com,2020-07-13,doc-50140770 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:12 +0000 2019-06-20T12:42:03+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140770"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/70/50140770.1aeaea8f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> This is a view from the western end of Broad Haven, looking east towards the Carboniferous Limestone cliffs of Stackpole Head. Caldey Island is on the distant skyline.<br /> <br /> There are two Broad Havens in Pembrokeshire. This is the southern one (the other is in the west in St Brides Bay).</div> Broad Haven (S) view east to Stackpole Head and Caldey Island <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/50140770"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/07/70/50140770.1aeaea8f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Broad Haven (south) to Stackpole Head</b><br /> <br /> This is a view from the western end of Broad Haven, looking east towards the Carboniferous Limestone cliffs of Stackpole Head. Caldey Island is on the distant skyline.<br /> <br /> There are two Broad Havens in Pembrokeshire. This is the southern one (the other is in the west in St Brides Bay).</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/47488456 tag:ipernity.com,2018-10-17,doc-47488456 Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:41:42 +0000 2018-04-08T10:54:49+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/47488456"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/56/47488456.7fc8bbfa.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay</b><br /> Spring sunshine brings out the clours of these lichen-covered Silver birches and contrasts with the beautiful colour of the sea at this time.</div> Colourful birches near Rubha na&#039; Leac from Hallaig path <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/47488456"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/56/47488456.7fc8bbfa.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay</b><br /> Spring sunshine brings out the clours of these lichen-covered Silver birches and contrasts with the beautiful colour of the sea at this time.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/47488440 tag:ipernity.com,2018-10-17,doc-47488440 Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:41:04 +0000 2018-04-08T10:45:23+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/47488440"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/40/47488440.94129c39.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay</b><br /> Beyond the Sorley Maclean memorial, the path enters a rather mysterious section with many overhanging silver birches with lichens, and prolific mossy growths on the stones and boulders.<br /> <br /> There is an abandoned house next to the path.</div> Ruined house by Mossy Hallaig path 1 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/47488440"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/40/47488440.94129c39.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay</b><br /> Beyond the Sorley Maclean memorial, the path enters a rather mysterious section with many overhanging silver birches with lichens, and prolific mossy growths on the stones and boulders.<br /> <br /> There is an abandoned house next to the path.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/47488416 tag:ipernity.com,2018-10-17,doc-47488416 Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:40:18 +0000 2018-04-08T10:11:29+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/47488416"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/16/47488416.9649935a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay</b><br /> The path to Hallaig passes by the An Leac cliffs, comprised of the Beinn na' Leac Sandstone (Middle Jurassic). These cliffs are the haunt of ravens and golden eagles.<br /> <br /> The northern tip of Raasay and the island of Rona are visible in the distance and on the far right, across the Inner Sound, the mainland Applecross peninsula on the Scottish mainland.</div> Hallaig path - view north below An Leac cliffs <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/47488416"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/16/47488416.9649935a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay</b><br /> The path to Hallaig passes by the An Leac cliffs, comprised of the Beinn na' Leac Sandstone (Middle Jurassic). These cliffs are the haunt of ravens and golden eagles.<br /> <br /> The northern tip of Raasay and the island of Rona are visible in the distance and on the far right, across the Inner Sound, the mainland Applecross peninsula on the Scottish mainland.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414282 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414282 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:31:10 +0000 2018-09-28T13:49:34+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414282"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/82/48414282.92a0c28d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Telpyn Point to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Between Amroth and Telpyn Point, magnificent cliff sections expose the upper Namurian sequence of deltaic channel-fill sandstones and intervening shale sequences. <br /> <br /> About 1.5 km east of Amroth, this photo shows the sequence gently dipping to the west. At the top of the cliff are brown sandstones: the lowest in the Coal Measures sequence. Below this are dark mudstones of the <i>Gastrioceras subcrenatum</i> Marine Band which marks the base of the Coal Measures. This is underlain by the Telpyn Point Sandstone (formerly designated as the Upper Sandstone), the uppermost main sandstone in the Namurian, and originally known as the 'Farewell Rock', so called because exploratory boreholes and shafts for coal penetrating the sandstone would no longer encounter any workable coals. Underlying the sandstone is a shale sequence.<br /> <br /> See notes for details.</div> Cliff section east of Amroth 2 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414282"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/82/48414282.92a0c28d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Telpyn Point to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Between Amroth and Telpyn Point, magnificent cliff sections expose the upper Namurian sequence of deltaic channel-fill sandstones and intervening shale sequences. <br /> <br /> About 1.5 km east of Amroth, this photo shows the sequence gently dipping to the west. At the top of the cliff are brown sandstones: the lowest in the Coal Measures sequence. Below this are dark mudstones of the <i>Gastrioceras subcrenatum</i> Marine Band which marks the base of the Coal Measures. This is underlain by the Telpyn Point Sandstone (formerly designated as the Upper Sandstone), the uppermost main sandstone in the Namurian, and originally known as the 'Farewell Rock', so called because exploratory boreholes and shafts for coal penetrating the sandstone would no longer encounter any workable coals. Underlying the sandstone is a shale sequence.<br /> <br /> See notes for details.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414280 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414280 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:31:06 +0000 2018-09-28T13:48:43+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414280"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/80/48414280.db8e178e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Telpyn Point to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Between Amroth and Telpyn Point, magnificent cliff sections expose the upper Namurian sequence of deltaic channel-fill sandstones and intervening shale sequences. <br /> <br /> About 1.5 km east of Amroth, this photo shows the sequence gently dipping to the west. The dark mudstones of the <i>Gastrioceras subcrenatum</i> Marine Band which marks the base of the Coal Measures can be seen near the top of the cliff. This is underlain by the Telpyn Point Sandstone (formerly designated as the Upper Sandstone), the uppermost main sandstone in the Namurian, and originally known as the 'Farewell Rock', so called because exploratory boreholes and shafts for coal penetrating the sandstone would no longer encounter any workable coals. Underlying the sandstone is a shale sequence, with another sandstone (pale brown-grey) visible near the base of the cliff.<br /> <br /> See notes for details.</div> Cliff section east of Amroth 1 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414280"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/80/48414280.db8e178e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Telpyn Point to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Between Amroth and Telpyn Point, magnificent cliff sections expose the upper Namurian sequence of deltaic channel-fill sandstones and intervening shale sequences. <br /> <br /> About 1.5 km east of Amroth, this photo shows the sequence gently dipping to the west. The dark mudstones of the <i>Gastrioceras subcrenatum</i> Marine Band which marks the base of the Coal Measures can be seen near the top of the cliff. This is underlain by the Telpyn Point Sandstone (formerly designated as the Upper Sandstone), the uppermost main sandstone in the Namurian, and originally known as the 'Farewell Rock', so called because exploratory boreholes and shafts for coal penetrating the sandstone would no longer encounter any workable coals. Underlying the sandstone is a shale sequence, with another sandstone (pale brown-grey) visible near the base of the cliff.<br /> <br /> See notes for details.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414278 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414278 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:31:01 +0000 2018-09-28T13:43:06+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414278"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/78/48414278.55f37a85.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Telpyn Point to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Between Amroth and Telpyn Point, magnificent cliff sections expose the upper Namurian sequence of deltaic channel-fill sandstones and intervening shale sequences. <br /> <br /> This photo shows a normal fault (in the centre) downthrowing approx.10 m to the east (right).<br /> <br /> The dark band just below the top of the cliff on the eastern side is a thin coaly horizon. Overlying this are mudstones of the <i>Gastrioceras subcrenatum</i> Marine Band which marks the base of the Coal Measures.<br /> <br /> The main part of the cliff section is in the Telpyn Point Sandstone (formerly designated as the Upper Sandstone), the uppermost main sandstone in the Namurian, and originally known as the 'Farewell Rock', so called because exploratory boreholes and shafts for coal penetrating the sandstone would no longer encounter any workable coals. Underlying the sandstone is a shale sequence.<br /> <br /> See notes for details.</div> West of Telpyn Point - fault in Telpyn Point Sandstone group <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414278"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/78/48414278.55f37a85.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Telpyn Point to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Between Amroth and Telpyn Point, magnificent cliff sections expose the upper Namurian sequence of deltaic channel-fill sandstones and intervening shale sequences. <br /> <br /> This photo shows a normal fault (in the centre) downthrowing approx.10 m to the east (right).<br /> <br /> The dark band just below the top of the cliff on the eastern side is a thin coaly horizon. Overlying this are mudstones of the <i>Gastrioceras subcrenatum</i> Marine Band which marks the base of the Coal Measures.<br /> <br /> The main part of the cliff section is in the Telpyn Point Sandstone (formerly designated as the Upper Sandstone), the uppermost main sandstone in the Namurian, and originally known as the 'Farewell Rock', so called because exploratory boreholes and shafts for coal penetrating the sandstone would no longer encounter any workable coals. Underlying the sandstone is a shale sequence.<br /> <br /> See notes for details.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414244 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414244 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:29:45 +0000 2018-09-28T11:34:07+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414244"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/44/48414244.1cf55147.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Marros Sands to Amroth<br /> <br /> Just east of Amroth, we cross the county boundary into Carmarthenshire. The fine beach of Marros Sands, some 4 km east of Amroth is relatively isolated between Telpyn Point and Ragwen Point. There is no road access; the only way to get here is along the coastal paths, along the beach at lowest tide, or by boat.<br /> <br /> At the western end of Marros Sands the Teague's Wood valley cuts down to the beach. The valley centre is filled with solifluction deposits ('Head') formed by freeze-thaw cycles of permafrost melting and refreezing at the end of the last glacial period (Devensian).<br /> <br /> This is a closer view of the cryogenic anticlinal fold in the shales of the Bishopton Mudstone Formation The fold is probably due to valley bulging during melting of the permafrost. The fold is quite superficial and probably does not extend more than a few metres into the sub-surface.<br /> <br /> Overlying the shales are angular, frost-shattered, shale fragments, possibly with some upward pointing ice-wedging structures. This is overlain in turn by a paler, angular, solifluction 'Head' and modern river alluvium, mostly sand with rounded pebbles and cobbles. See notes.<br /> <br /> The walking stick is approx. 90 cm long</div> Marros west - cryogenic anticline and solifluction deposits 2 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414244"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/44/48414244.1cf55147.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Marros Sands to Amroth<br /> <br /> Just east of Amroth, we cross the county boundary into Carmarthenshire. The fine beach of Marros Sands, some 4 km east of Amroth is relatively isolated between Telpyn Point and Ragwen Point. There is no road access; the only way to get here is along the coastal paths, along the beach at lowest tide, or by boat.<br /> <br /> At the western end of Marros Sands the Teague's Wood valley cuts down to the beach. The valley centre is filled with solifluction deposits ('Head') formed by freeze-thaw cycles of permafrost melting and refreezing at the end of the last glacial period (Devensian).<br /> <br /> This is a closer view of the cryogenic anticlinal fold in the shales of the Bishopton Mudstone Formation The fold is probably due to valley bulging during melting of the permafrost. The fold is quite superficial and probably does not extend more than a few metres into the sub-surface.<br /> <br /> Overlying the shales are angular, frost-shattered, shale fragments, possibly with some upward pointing ice-wedging structures. This is overlain in turn by a paler, angular, solifluction 'Head' and modern river alluvium, mostly sand with rounded pebbles and cobbles. See notes.<br /> <br /> The walking stick is approx. 90 cm long</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414246 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414246 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:29:44 +0000 2018-09-28T11:34:42+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414246"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/46/48414246.4a762f51.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Marros Sands to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Just east of Amroth, we cross the county boundary into Carmarthenshire. The fine beach of Marros Sands, some 4 km east of Amroth is relatively isolated between Telpyn Point and Ragwen Point. There is no road access; the only way to get here is along the coastal paths, along the beach at lowest tide, or by boat.<br /> <br /> At the western end of Marros Sands the Teague's Wood valley cuts down to the beach. The valley centre is filled with solifluction deposits ('Head') formed by freeze-thaw cycles of permafrost melting and refreezing at the end of the last glacial period (Devensian).<br /> <br /> In the centre is a cryogenic anticlinal fold in the shales of the Bishopton Mudstone Formation The fold is probably due to valley bulging during melting of the permafrost. The fold is quite superficial and probably does not extend more than a few metres into the sub-surface.<br /> <br /> Overlying the shales are angular, frost-shattered, shale fragments, possibly with some upward pointing ice-wedging structures. This is overlain in turn by a paler, angular, solifluction 'Head' and modern river alluvium, mostly sand with rounded pebbles and cobbles. See notes.<br /> <br /> The walking stick is approx. 90 cm long.</div> Marros west - cryogenic anticline and solifluction deposits 1 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414246"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/46/48414246.4a762f51.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Marros Sands to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Just east of Amroth, we cross the county boundary into Carmarthenshire. The fine beach of Marros Sands, some 4 km east of Amroth is relatively isolated between Telpyn Point and Ragwen Point. There is no road access; the only way to get here is along the coastal paths, along the beach at lowest tide, or by boat.<br /> <br /> At the western end of Marros Sands the Teague's Wood valley cuts down to the beach. The valley centre is filled with solifluction deposits ('Head') formed by freeze-thaw cycles of permafrost melting and refreezing at the end of the last glacial period (Devensian).<br /> <br /> In the centre is a cryogenic anticlinal fold in the shales of the Bishopton Mudstone Formation The fold is probably due to valley bulging during melting of the permafrost. The fold is quite superficial and probably does not extend more than a few metres into the sub-surface.<br /> <br /> Overlying the shales are angular, frost-shattered, shale fragments, possibly with some upward pointing ice-wedging structures. This is overlain in turn by a paler, angular, solifluction 'Head' and modern river alluvium, mostly sand with rounded pebbles and cobbles. See notes.<br /> <br /> The walking stick is approx. 90 cm long.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414266 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414266 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:29:43 +0000 2018-09-28T11:49:38+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414266"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/66/48414266.082e9afe.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Marros Sands to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Just east of Amroth, we cross the county boundary into Carmarthenshire. The fine beach of Marros Sands, some 4 km east of Amroth is relatively isolated between Telpyn Point and Ragwen Point. There is no road access; the only way to get here is along the coastal paths, along the beach at lowest tide, or by boat.<br /> <br /> At the western end of Marros Sands the Teague's Wood valley cuts down to the beach. The valley centre is filled with solifluction deposits ('Head') formed by freeze-thaw cycles of permafrost melting and refreezing at the end of the last glacial period (Devensian).</div> Marros west - Teague&#039;s Wood and drift-filled valley <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414266"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/66/48414266.082e9afe.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Marros Sands to Amroth</b><br /> <br /> Just east of Amroth, we cross the county boundary into Carmarthenshire. The fine beach of Marros Sands, some 4 km east of Amroth is relatively isolated between Telpyn Point and Ragwen Point. There is no road access; the only way to get here is along the coastal paths, along the beach at lowest tide, or by boat.<br /> <br /> At the western end of Marros Sands the Teague's Wood valley cuts down to the beach. The valley centre is filled with solifluction deposits ('Head') formed by freeze-thaw cycles of permafrost melting and refreezing at the end of the last glacial period (Devensian).</div> Earthwatcher