Covehithe

The Geography Department

Covehithe 19 November 2004 Covehithe June 2000 Covehithe February 2002 rapid gullying and further cliff recession .. also a look at Benacre. Covehithe November 19 2004 Easton Bavents November 2004 Easton Bavents and North Southwold June 2006 Easton Bavents, Southwold, Dunwich & Sizewell December 2008 Southwold to Kessingland via Easton Bavents and Covehithe 5 September 2009 1 - Southwold pier and town defences to Mr Boggis' defences 2 - Easton cliffs and Broad to Covehithe Broad 3 - Covehithe cliffs to Benacre Broad and towards Kessingland - and back

The modern church at Covehithe has been partly built within the ruins of a much larger building.
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The cliff-top at Covehithe shows the gullying features, there are now two in this stretch of coast, and the clean free-face of the cliffs. The roadway has now been blocked off a considerable distance back from the edge.
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	800-P1000804.JPG 187KB The gully nearest to the road affords easy access to the beach. 800-P1000805.JPG 260KB


The beach at Covehithe, comprised of a gentle slope of fine material, with some pebbles winnowed from the cliffs Southwold, and even Sizewell 'B' power station can be seen to the south.
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The free face of the cliffs reveal bedding patterns, a debris fan - and erosional features (gullying) such as rainwater runnels.
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The photographs above, and below, are close-ups from the central picture .....		.. and show more details of the cliff face. 800-P1000808.JPG 166KB


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Cliff and beach looking northwards.	Fresh debris on the beach, from both a tree stump and a collapsed brick structure .. probably dating from WW2.	Clay has been exposed on the beach and reveals its stratification during its erosion.
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	800-P1000820.JPG 166KB The cliffs near the more northerly gully system boast a number of layers or lenses of pebbles. 800-P1000821.JPG 179KB

	600-P1000833.JPG 190KB The more northerly gully area from above and below .. showing the cliff-top detritus and vegetation that has fallen down with a recent collapse. 600-P1000828.JPG 205KB


A lens of shingle in the wall of the gully.	The cliff breach at the site of the gully.	Recent heavy rain has wetted the surface layer of soil to about 10cm.
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Suffolk Covehithe church coasts erosion beach features sand cliffs
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