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Colour striped cliffs + Wreck

            The cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk are famous for their colour bands and revealed geology.

The lowest dark brown level was laid down in shallow warm seas 70 million years ago during the Cretaceous.   It is a 'Carstone' composed of sand and iron compounds and used as a local building material. 

The younger much thinner 'red rock' layer is chalk coloured with iron pigments.   Above that is a thick layer of white chalk.   All have fossils but frequent rock falls make it dangerous to be too close.

The wreck is the remains of a 130ft long trawler 'S T Sheraton'.   Built in 1907 it saw additional duty in WW1 and WW2 for minesweeping and anti-submarine patrols.   If five years of war was not enough, she was then selected for bombing practice!  She escaped that ignominy by breaking her moorings and going aground for a peaceful life (including providing a nice foreground for photographers) under the cliffs.

Taken on: October 13, 2022

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