Welcombe Mouth, North Devon
Welcombe Mouth, North Devon
Welcombe Mouth is located in an extremely remote part of north Devon, but is well worth the effort to visit in order to study cliffs of sandstone and mudstone of the Upper Carboniferous period, known as the Crackington Beds. There are a number of caves to be seen, but the highlight of the beach is the superb examples of folding – evidence of geological events that took place around 300 million years ago in the Variscan Orogeny. An incredible overfold can be seen in the cliff face at Welcombe, and there is also an attractive waterfall that tumbles down onto the beach.
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Paul Berry
Paul is a former Head of Geography and Assistant Vice-Principal. Paul took early retirement after 35 years as a Geography Teacher, and has written GCSE exam revision books for Collins, Hodder, and BBC Bitesize. He currently works as a Field Studies Tutor in Iceland for education travel company Rayburn Tours.
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