Where Am I? No. 235 - Coast Scene

[Spidermonkey]

I was just coming back to say, when I look at Cazza's picture I think I am looking out to sea not inland which is what I would be looking at if it were St Catherine's.     Back to the drawing board I think.

[Nick_Ips]

The other factor to consider is the length of the bridge compared to the size of the 'island'. It is not a big piece of rock, less than 20' x 20' at the top.

Way too small to be St Catherine's.

[Little Nell]

A little late to the party, but I offer the following observations (can't solve it yet  )

I don't think it is Orkney (Flotta, Hoxa or Lyness) - lots of pictures are available showing those areas on http://www.geograph.org.uk/ - always worth a look before jumping in with any guesses.  Also, the field boundaries on Orkney are not solid as shown in the headland in the background, they are generally open wire fences.

The path on the right would appear to be at the same level as the top of the bridge, which has a platform lower down and is attached to the top by a vertical pair of wires on either side of the walkway. So is the path actually a covering/awning over a path on the right hand side which we cannot see?  If so, why has it been covered?  A disguise?  And does it lead to a structure on the rock in the middle of the picture which faces the headland in the background, but is set down low below the 'skyline' of the rock?   Although it would have to be a pretty small building - there's not a lot of surface area there.  It also looks like a wall on the right abutting the path/awning, with at least two quite sharp angles in it.  Pity there isn't more visible on that side.

I don't think that the rock is yet an island - it is still connected at sea level, but the fact that there is a bridge would seem to indicate that there was something on the rock that someone wanted to reach and maybe not just a view.

The rock is probably grey, maybe a shale like rock.

I could be hopelessly wrong, but it might stimulate some further useful discussion . 

Nell

[Seoras]

No idea but I can confirm it's not Porth, I can see that from my house

[JenB]

The path on the right would appear to be at the same level as the top of the bridge, which has a platform lower down and is attached to the top by a vertical pair of wires on either side of the walkway.

I don't think that's a path. It's some sort of light-coloured capping on the top of a substantial wall built on the headland to the right of the bridge. The top of the wall is level with the upper structure of the bridge. Any path hidden by the wall and is at the level of the lower part of the bridge.

As already observed by KG

Looks to me like a wall around the rocks to the right?

Path must be behind the wall, at the same level as the lower part of the bridge?
Handrails (or cables or ropes) at the top. There are a series of 2 struts/stays.

[KGarrad]

Thanks, JB!

I thought it might be part of the older Gobbins Coastal Path, Islandmagee, Northern Ireland?
But not so sure now!

[Little Nell]

Oh dear, missed those observations    

(Memo to self, make sure you read all the posts and don't get distracted  )

Nell

[Nick_Ips]

Just noticed on the far off cliff directly above the bridge - clearly a man's chest, shoulders and head. Huge nose, and are those white bits backwards pointing devil's horns? At first glance I thought Joseph Stalin, but the nose is the wrong shape.

Surely that must narrow the location down a bit? 

[Nick_Ips]

On a more serious note, I was looking for signs of shadows to get an idea of orientation. On the rocks it is hard to tell, but I think the dark marks on the lower part of the bridge may be shadows from the decking planks and the cross timbers which support the handrail. I think there are two pairs of handrail supports at the 1/3 and 2/3 points across the bridge, roughly where I've added the yellow arrows.

These appear to be casting shadows down and slightly to the right, the direction of the arrows giving an indication of the direction of the sun. We don't know what time of day the picture was taken, but my feeling is the shape of the shadow equates to the sun being fairly high in the sky, so more likely the middle part of the day rather than early or late.

In which case we are probably viewing the bridge from the South, possibly South-east, or at least not from the North, otherwise the whole of that side of the bridge should be in shadow.

The significance of that is it means the coast in the background is probably facing South (or something between South-east and South-west). Although that doesn't necessarily mean the South coast of England.

I think there is also evidence of shadow at the left-hand end of the bridge, behind the left-hand wall next to the path on the right, and also on the rocks below the bridge. These are all consistent with the sun coming from the left-hand side of the photo.