River Teign Research Articles

II.—Remarks on the Geology of the South Coast of England, from Bridport Harbour, Dorset, to Babbacombe Bay, Devon.

The portion of the shore of Dorset and Devonshire., which the following pages are intended to describe, and part of which is represented in the annexed section, extends from about three miles west of Bridport Harbour, in the county of Dorset, to Babbacombe Bay on the south-west of Teignmouth. The elevation of the shore within these limits is various. On the west of Bridport the height of the cliffs is not very considerable; but they rise at Golden Cap, a remarkable cliff five miles east of Lyme, to about six hundred feet above the level of the sea; and from that point to Axmouth there is a succession of hills of nearly uniform elevation, and about five hundred feet in height. The cliffs near Beer are much lower than at Axmouth, but they rise westward towards Peak Hill and High Peak, near Sidmouth. At the mouth of the Otter the coast is much lower; but it rises again between that river and the Exe. The cliffs at Dawlish are comparatively low; but they become higher towards Teignmouth, and continue high from the river Teign to Babbacombe Bay. Plate 8 is a section of the cliffs from near Bridport Harbour to Sidmouth, exhibiting the order of the strata, except between Lyme and Axmouth, where subsided masses of chalk and green sand entirely conceal the rocks below. I have in consequence given a representation of these cliffs as they actually appear; and in the following remarks I shall begin with the superior

XXXIV. An Account of some Discoveries made in taking down the old Bridge over the River Teign, and in excavating the ground to the depth of fifteen feet five inches below the surface of the water. By P.T. Taylor, Esq. Communicated by Samuel Lysons, Esq. V.P. F.R.S.

In the year 1814 the justices of the county of Devon resolved, at their quarter sessions, to rebuild the bridge over the river Teign (commonly called Teign-bridge), situated on the turnpike-road leading through Newton Abbot and Totness, to Plymouth.