A bay is an inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards, usually with a beach. When a stretch of coastline is formed from different types of rock, headlands and bays can form.īands of soft rock such as clay and sand are weaker therefore they can be eroded quickly. Headlands and baysĬliffs along the coastline do not erode at the same pace. Meanwhile, the Vale of Glamorgan council is assessing the coastal flood and erosion risk with the aim of identifying key areas which will require the development of more detailed strategies, management plans or monitoring regimes over the next 20, 50 and 100 years.The process of erosion can create different landforms along the coastline. Mr Jones, who sometimes walks quite close to the edge of the cliffs to take his dramatic photographs, said he would not be put off by such a dramatic example of coastal erosion. This was something really interesting and so I photographed it, sketched it and now I’ve completed a painting of it.” Mr Jones, who is also a member of the Tondu and District Art Society said: “I always take my camera with me in case I find something interesting. The storms earlier in the year may have has an effect on it.” “It appears to me that coastal erosion is responsible. When I first saw it I just said: ‘Oh my God, look at that!’ I knew it was highly unusual. “It was really quite striking – a pillar of rock with a band of earth on top. I notice changes due to coastal erosion, but I had never seen anything as dramatic as this. “I have walked along this part of the coast regularly for many years. Mr Jones, a member of the Bridgend and District Ramblers Association, said: “I was about 2km along the coast from Dunraven Bay when suddenly I saw this pillar of rock about five times the height of a house. It was first reported by pensioner Anthony Jones, 75, from Pencoed, who enjoys walking along the Glamorgan Heritage Coast between Southerndown and Llantwit Major, taking photographs and making sketches of the striking scenery. The stack in the Vale of Glamorgan is located on a stretch of cliff between the Dunraven Bay beauty spot and Nash point. “On the question of whether we should expect more of them, reports are that climate change is expected to increase the storminess of our winters, so it’s reasonable to expect these features to become more common.
“They’re found all over the world and are part of the natural evolution of our rocky coasts.
“They can occur where the rocks making up the cliff have vertical weaknesses, such as fractures, that allow waves to make fast work of the cliff, potentially widening the fractures until your left with these stacks. He said: “I would encourage anyone who wants to visit to go soon because these features don’t last long before they’re toppled into the sea.
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The stunning stack of rack with a patch of grass on top has become separated from the wall of cliff behind on the Vale’s Heritage coast by recent erosion.ĭr Jose Constantine, a lecturer at Cardiff University’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, said that it was a geological feature known as a stack. This incredible video reveals the true beauty of a towering pillar of limestone that has emerged along the Welsh coast after recent erosion.Īnd, striking columns of rock like this stack in the Vale of Glamorgan could become a more common feature of the Welsh coast as the world’s climate changes, according to a leading geologist.
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