Sandsend Ness/Kettleness Two becks flow through the village into the sea
Sunday, 4 April 2004 - trip to Sandsend The headland shows the scars from the alum working in the 1800's
Low tide; the high tide comes right in here Looking SE at low tide
Remains of railway viaduct in bed of beck View across to Whitby; this is Whitby Mudstone Formation (Lower Jurassic)
My walking stick for scale "Let's go and look at the rocks!" - this is the Jetrock Member
Layers in the mudstone Cliffs at north end of bay - bedding dips SE, approx 8°
5p for scale There's that same 5p again -
This is what we found - lots of pyritised ammonites and bivalves! Everywhere we looked, lots of fossils!
We wondered how they dug the rock out of these caves Large expanse of rock uncovered by the tide - but it came in again very fast!
These are some of the old workings Looking towards the point - wavecut platform - bedding layers dipping SE
That 5p gets around The same 5p - shows the size of the fossils!
Just so much to see!  A whole group of pyritised bivalves This was the largest ammonite we found
The Hart Inn on East Row A brisk walk through the woods, and here it is
Ah! Time for lunch - and then a walk - Recommended by the local store - old Mulgrave castle
They have done some restoration of the Castle I was pleased this turned out so well!
Here I am, ready to look at some rocks - Through my handlens - this is the castle stone
A steep walk back down the hill for coffee and ice cream Everywhere we had been walking that morning was under water now
Coming back down to Sandsend from the other side - this is the valley laid out below The tide was in when we got back - this is the mouth of the beck, now under the sea.
Alum quarry - at the back (top) boulder clay on Dogger; piles of alum shales in foreground It was a very long steep climb up!
1 May 2006 - we followed the "Sandsend Trail" and looked at the alum quarries Close up of the Dogger (ironstone) sandstones at the top of the quarry
Looking from the top towards the spoil heaps Tide well out
Where the alum spoil heaps are nothing grows - elsewhere, plenty of gorse View across to Whitby - to the right, the old railway line

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