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Walton-on-the-Naze 1998
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Walton-on-the-Naze July 30 2001 Walton-on-the-Naze September 22 2001
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Walton-on-the-Naze January 6 2003 Walton-on-the-Naze October 30 2003
Walton-on-the-Naze January 18 2004 Walton-on-the-Naze June 5 2004 Naze Tower Walton-on-the-Naze June 5 2004 Walton-on-the-Naze November 3 2004
Walton-on-the-Naze February 2005 Walton-on-the-Naze May 29 2005 Walton-on-the-Naze November 2005
Walton-on-the-Naze February 2006 Walton-on-the-Naze September 2006
Walton-on-the-Naze February 2007
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'Save the Naze for Future Days '
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These photographs represent some images from 1998, which can be compared with views from more recent photographs.
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This photograph was taken from beach level. The Naze tower can be seen behind the toe of a rotational slump, which runs the full height of the cliff. The beach here has suffered rapid lowering, leaving the slump toe vulnerable to wave attack at high tide. Low cliffs have been formed from the debris runs and typify this area, the first embayment of natural cliffs to the north of the last groyne, a sturdy A-framed, boulder-cored, affair. 800WaltonCliffTower98.jpg (117261 bytes) |
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The Naze tower stands every-nearer the cliff-top, which is undercutting and destroying a concrete roadway. Its remains can be seen below the sheer face, perched on the side of a grassy rotational slump. In imminent danger is a brick information pillar. 800WaltonTower98.jpg (97792 bytes) |
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Below the rotational slump, from a viewpoint approximately half way down the cliffs on a man-made bench. However, not only is the cliff retreating inland, in the direction of the tower and cliff-top cafe, but also to the south, into an area of protected and managed coastline, posing a medium-term threat to a line of concrete steps. 800WaltonCliffTower298.jpg (126018 bytes) |
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The slumping process is much aided by the presence of water, which lubricates the sliding action. Here it is trapped in a clay pocket and is nourishing verdant vegetation at a level across the slump. In winter the weight of the water, and the lubrication it offers the sliding layers, leads not only to slumps, but even mud-flows
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The Naze is a SSSI, designated for its unique geological stratigraphy, which is available for inspection as it is always being actively eroded. As such it is a focus of student visits, as well as numerous school groups of all ages.
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The first embayment north of the A-frame breakwater is receding rapidly, in contrast to the land south, which is protected by groynes, concrete sea walls, and graded and drained seaward slopes.
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