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Where is the Glamorgan Heritage Coast?
South Wales
What is the Glamorgan Heritage Coast like?
14 miles long stretch of high-energy coastline
Where do waves come from?
Bristol Channel
What does the Bristol Channel do?
funnels large destructive waves onto the coast from the south-west
What is the structure of the coastline
discordant
What do the destructive waves do?
create a highly-eroded coast prone to cliff falls
What is the coast characterised by?
high vertical cliffs
What are the cliffs made out of?
sedimentary rock (limited resistance), mainly carboniferous limestone, sandstone, shale and mudstone
What have formed on the discordant coastline
Headlands at: Witches Point and Nash Point
Bays near: Dunraven and Merthyr Mawr
What are there large areas of?
wave-cut platforms
What are the wave-cut platforms made by?
Waves eroding the cliff, leaving a flat platform behind
Where are they especially around?
limestone at Nash Point
What are left at Nash Point when the layers of softer shale have been eroded?
original limestone strata
What is a part of the coastline?
The Southerndown Coast
What is the Southerndown Coast classified as?
a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
