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| Nessend | Nessend | Mr R Wilson, Harbourmaster | on sheet | A promontory adjoining Castlehead | ||
| Nessend | Mr R Stamp, Schoolmaster | 8.14 | Rocks and well defined seawards; | |||
| Nessend | Mr G Grey, Holy Island | ridge and flat rocks extend from it | ||||
| to low water mark, and on the N.W. | ||||||
| cliff is a quarry of limestone and | ||||||
| a number of caves formed out of | ||||||
| the sand and limestone by the | ||||||
| action of the waves upon the spongy | ||||||
| sandstone, they vary in size and form, | ||||||
| and the cliff, which often falls in, | ||||||
| and overhangs its base, is merely | ||||||
| supported in many of the caves by | ||||||
| small pillars of stone which in | ||||||
| course of time are so worn by | ||||||
| filteration above and the action | ||||||
| of the sea and shingle beneath | ||||||
| as to be unable to support the weight | ||||||
| which then gives way – This caves | ||||||
| give name to a boat cove called "Caves Haven" | ||||||
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