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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)  
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BXQ39.jpg (taken 16.11.2012)  


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CDL01.jpg (taken 23.6.2015)  
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CDL02.jpg (taken 23.6.2015)  

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)  
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BPQ52.jpg  Pebbles on the beach, dry.
(taken 24.8.2008)  
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BPQ53.jpg  Collecting pebbles from the beach on a geological field trip.
(taken 24.8.2008)  
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BPQ54.jpg  Groyne and pebbles, demonstrating longshore drift?
(taken 24.8.2008)  

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