StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Whitehaven East Beach

web - lonsdale iron works

web - lonsdale iron works

StoneRoad2013
09 Nov 2016 1 274
This may well have been a lime kiln, but the structure isn't quite right, Further research indicates that it may have been associated with the Lonsdale Iron Works. (around 1870). discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/f741e8e8-89cb-49cd-84fb-ea748a53028a
web - slot under whitey

web - slot under whitey

StoneRoad2013
09 Nov 2016 197
Close up of the slot that wave action has caused under Whitey Rock.
web - sea side whitey

web - sea side whitey

StoneRoad2013
09 Nov 2016 385
The side of Whitey Rock that overlooks the sea. It is being seriously undercut by wave action.
web - two eras

web - two eras

StoneRoad2013
09 Nov 2016 223
Remains in the landscape from two eras. The concrete in the foreground is from a WW2 gun emplacement and the stonework in the background is probably a nineteenth century lime kiln (or something from an iron foundry).
web - defended path

web - defended path

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 226
Footpath and cycleway along the shoreline, the sea defences are in the form of many tons of rough boulders.
web - twin towers

web - twin towers

StoneRoad2013
09 Nov 2016 2 2 269
Whitehaven's twin towers. Probably something to do with industry, most likely mining, as the site of William Pit is close by. Sea action is damaging them, the left one in particular has suffered, especially during the winter 2015/16. ETA - pretty sure that these two towers collapsed in 2020. I will ask around to see if I can find some information to fix on the actual date.
web - whitehaven east beach

web - whitehaven east beach

StoneRoad2013
07 Nov 2016 1 217
Looking across at Whitehaven's East Beach, which continues past Whitey Rock, to the left, along towards Redness Point. The Cumbrian Coast railway line runs very close to the sea here, basically it goes along the top of the sandstone retaining / sea wall. The houses on the cliff top are in Bransty, originally a separate village, but now, effectively a 'suburb' of Whitehaven.
web - breakers

web - breakers

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 204
The on-shore wind is bringing in some good breaking waves.
web - whitey layers

web - whitey layers

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 205
At least three distinct phases visible in the development / accumulation Whitey Rock.
web - something

web - something

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 198
Certainly colourful ...
web - slag

web - slag

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 214
looks like bloomer slag from ironworking.
web - layered

web - layered

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 207
thin layers of material make up this large pebble.
web - irony concrete

web - irony concrete

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 210
The brownish layer appears to be a cemented sand layer, with a significant quantity of iron fragments included.
web - iron rod

web - iron rod

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 196
Somewhat bent iron rod, covered with marine concretions.
web - iron lump again

web - iron lump again

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 208
Another view of one of the massive cast iron lumps, with a standard (modern) domestic housebrick for scale (9" x 3" x 3").
web - curved

web - curved

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 204
Found this curved earthenware tile or maybe brick. It was about 2 - 3 " thick and heavy. Internal surface maybe salt-glazed. Struggling to work out what it was, maybe a drain ?
web / rmf - fossils

web / rmf - fossils

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 195
£1 coin for scale.
web - emded brick

web - emded brick

StoneRoad2013
08 Nov 2016 186
Pale / yellow brick embedded into one of the iron rich "sandy concrete" layers.