Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| coast, St Bees | ||
| site name:- | coast, Irish Sea | |
| site name:- | coast, Solway Firth | |
| locality:- | St Bees | |
| civil parish:- | St Bees (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | coast | |
| locality type:- | geological site | |
| coordinates:- | NX96081171 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9611 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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 BXQ38.jpg (taken 16.11.2012)  BXQ39.jpg (taken 16.11.2012) |
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 CDL01.jpg (taken 23.6.2015)  Click to enlarge CDL02.jpg (taken 23.6.2015) |
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| MN photo:- |
The pebbles on the beach are varied. New red sandstone, ie St Bees sandstone; carboniferous
sandstone; granites; Borrowdale volcanic group; little coal, it is too soft to survive
- all from local rocks. Quartz from anywhere. Higher grade metamorphic rocks from
Scotland, brought down by the Irish Sea glacier. |
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 BPQ51.jpg Pebbles on the beach, wet. (taken 24.8.2008)  BPQ52.jpg Pebbles on the beach, dry. (taken 24.8.2008)  BPQ53.jpg Collecting pebbles from the beach on a geological field trip. (taken 24.8.2008)  BPQ54.jpg Groyne and pebbles, demonstrating longshore drift? (taken 24.8.2008) |
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