StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Crosscanonby

O&S - salt pan

O&S - salt pan

StoneRoad2013
03 Jan 2017 1 236
Looking down at Crosscanonby beach, the circular walled area - with additional sea defences (which should be extended further to the sides) - is the remains of a salt pan, probably dating back to the Elizabethan period, maybe even earlier.
O&S - milefortlet 21

O&S - milefortlet 21

StoneRoad2013
03 Jan 2017 1 214
Milefortlet 21, high on the hill crest, behind the beach at Crosscanonby. It overlooks the salt pans.
O&S - brick 6

O&S - brick 6

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 261
MICKLAM
O&S - info panel

O&S - info panel

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 242
Info board for the Milefortlet (no 21) and the salt pans at Crosscanonby
O&S - brick 8

O&S - brick 8

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 236
MICKLAM
O&S - brick 7

O&S - brick 7

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 256
KIRKHOUSE
O&S - brick 5

O&S - brick 5

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 228
M'port - probably stands for Maryport
O&S - brick 4

O&S - brick 4

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 240
reads "Kirkhouse"
O&S - brick 3

O&S - brick 3

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 245
BLR KBY is the caption here.
O&S - brick 2

O&S - brick 2

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 248
Not a brick, as such, this would have been used as a paving stone. Often used on wet platforms and cattle docks or sheds.
O&S - brick 1b

O&S - brick 1b

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 227
Although partially removed by the broken off section, this reads "Whitehaven"
O&S - brick 1a

O&S - brick 1a

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 229
Although partially obscured by mortar, this reads "Whitehaven"
gbw - Crosscanonby

gbw - Crosscanonby

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 202
Beach at Crosscanonby. There is a Roman fortlet up on top of the hill just behind here, also some salt pans a little way to the right at the base of that same hill. A lot of those red pebbles are actually domestic red house-bricks, or fragments of such items.
rmf / gbw - coral fossils 03

rmf / gbw - coral fossils 03

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 254
Sample of fossil tabulate coral syringopora in carboniferous limestone blocks on the foreshore at Crosscanonby. Close-up for the details (3 of 3 images)
rmf / gbw - coral fossils 02

rmf / gbw - coral fossils 02

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 230
Sample of fossil tabulate coral syringopora in carboniferous limestone blocks on the foreshore at Crosscanonby. (2 of 3 images)
rmf / gbw - c0ral fossils 01

rmf / gbw - c0ral fossils 01

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 237
Sample of fossil tabulate coral syringopora in carboniferous limestone blocks on the foreshore at Crosscanonby. (1 of 3 images)
rmf / gbw - unknown fossil

rmf / gbw - unknown fossil

StoneRoad2013
14 Dec 2016 215
damaged fossil shell - not identified, but the host rock seems to be carboniferous limestone one of the blocks on the foreshore at Crosscanonby.