The Geography Department
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Walton-on-the-Naze
November 3 2004
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The Naze Tower the Naze, Old Hall Lane, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, CO14 8LE
Opening times are: April-November 10am-5pm
Admission prices:
contact: e-mail mail@nazetower.co.uk or phone 01255 852519
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Failing Sea Defences
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Groynes at Walton; these views show their construction, and how they hold back the longshore drift of shingle.
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The beach has been lowered quite considerably, revealing the clays below, sea wall foundations and pushing the shingle into a corner of the groyne. |
The large concrete blocks appear to have shifted further, a result of undercutting its foundations and resulting subsidence. |
Old foundation posts have emerged in this embayment. |
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The clay floor to this section of beach is now the majority of its surface area.
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A detail of the defence posts and the undercutting of the concrete blocks. |
One of the concrete groynes has been badly damaged, and a whole chunk removed by wave action. |
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Three views of the cliff-top; the centre photograph is a straightforward view to the beach and the pillboxes, down the gullied cliff at this point. Either side are photos of the same promontory of cliff - one showing the dying grass at the cliff edge, and the other the reason for it ... the cliff has broken away and moisture is now draining away too fast to maintain the grass cover. |
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The rotational block begins its journey to the shoreline.
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