Notes on the Coast between Bridlington and Filey

Abstract

I will presume that the party on reaching Bridlington make their way to the North Cliff, and walk thence along the shore to the beginning of the Chalk-cliffs at Sewerby. They will notice that the sections under the town are now wholly hidden by sea-defences, the need for which is well brought out by the present contour of the coast-line, a definite projection now marking the protected portion, especially on the south side of the town. This projection will doubtless become in time more marked, as the sea gradually develops its flank attack. The details of most of the sections now concealed have been recorded, with illustrations, in the past volumes of the Society, and may be consulted by any member requiring information regarding them. (See Vol. VII. (1881), p. 383; Vol. VIII. (1882), p. 27, and (1883), p. 240 (with map of neighbourhood); and Vol. XI (1889), p. 275). One of the most interesting points thus hidden is the existence in the lowest (Basement) Boulder Clay of transported masses of shelly sand and clay, containing a rich molluscan fauna with well-marked Arctic characteristics. These masses constitute the deposit formerly known as the “Bridlington Crag.” A fine collection of their contents has been made during favourable opportunities by Mr. W. B. Headley, of Bridlington Quay. A shred of similar composition, containing a few shells, may be seen in the drifts above the chalk-cliff at Flambro’ South Landing, three miles distant, in a rather inaccessible position. My view of these shelly ...