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Re: Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene
« Reply #36 on: Thursday 27 October 16 17:28 BST (UK) »
Agree with Nick_Ips that the rock strata suggest a sedimentary rock. The nature of the cliffs suggests to me it is more likely to be a kind of sandstone rather than limestone and, therefore, do not think it is the Jurassic Coast.

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Re: Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene
« Reply #37 on: Thursday 27 October 16 17:48 BST (UK) »
Unfortunately being sedimentary rock on the UK coastline doesn't help narrow it down much, this helpful map suggests any location except Southeast England!
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/geology/uk-rocks-region

I could be wrong but I thought the Jurassic Coast had some amazing sandstones?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Coast

I'd agree that the darker colours would point towards sandstone.

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Re: Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene
« Reply #38 on: Thursday 27 October 16 18:14 BST (UK) »
Could it be St Catherine's Island, Tenby?

Taken from the opposite way round to this pic:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/graphicreality/819161698/

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Re: Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene
« Reply #39 on: Thursday 27 October 16 19:24 BST (UK) »
Gosh, Liz, that could be it.   :-\  Struggling to find close ups of the bridge though......

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Re: Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene
« Reply #40 on: Thursday 27 October 16 19:30 BST (UK) »
Seems a good match. No exact pictures, but there's a close-up (wrong side again) from an urban explorer at http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/military-sites/3726-st-catherines-fort-tenby-wales.html#.WBJEb8m9nfY

Also one on Britain from Above - http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/waw039189?name=Tenby&gazetteer=Tenby&COMMUNITY=Tenby&ref=25 - a better angle, but not a close-up.

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Re: Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene
« Reply #41 on: Thursday 27 October 16 19:32 BST (UK) »

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Re: Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene
« Reply #42 on: Thursday 27 October 16 19:40 BST (UK) »
Let me see if I am reading this right - the photo would have been taken with the photographer's back to the fort, so then they are almost facing Tenby.  Would Tenby, in whatever date the photo was taken, have been so quiet?

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Re: Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene
« Reply #43 on: Thursday 27 October 16 19:42 BST (UK) »
... but the rock strata on Cazza's pic are almost horizontal, on Arthur's they are vertical  :(
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Re: Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene
« Reply #44 on: Thursday 27 October 16 19:43 BST (UK) »
I'm beginning to have doubts about St Catherine's Island - as others evidently are who posted while I was typing this...

On our picture, the approach to the bridge is fairly level, whereas the St Catherine's one seems to be some way down into the gap, with rocks rising on either side.

Also, if it was St Catherine's Island, wouldn't the background be Tenby town and beach, rather than cliffs and farmland?

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