Arnside - Carboniferous Limestone Series, on the Kent Estuary (Morecambe Bay)

Imagine this in your back garden! Bob is included for scale!
Cutting behind house in the Promenade These beds are almost vertical
Close up A bit further along the path, and a different angle of dip
Deposits of baryte in the rocks Every new set of rocks seemed to dip at a different angle
Horizontal at far left - series of folds towards the right
Went to Arnside again, July 2004 This is a view along the folds - details below
North end of folds Folds, Arnside
Rocks and stones on the beach More mineral deposits -
Baryte in the rocks on the beach Lumps of haematite amongst the stones
Still walking south westwards Two outcrops about 50 feet apart
Further down the beach (same rocks in the foreground of next picture) Rocks in foreground dipping at a different angle to those in the background
Geological forces in action Fossils of solitary corals, and crinoids
The sandy layers on the shore crumbled away Fossils - loose and in the rocks on the beach
The bore comes rushing up the Kent estuary Leaving Arnside - this is near Clawthorpe
The tide comes in like an express train! Limestone pavement
Close up of stones Looking across the pavement - sloping southwest
Very pock marked, weathered stones - clints and grikes Across the valley, similar rocks on the hill opposite

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