Farm Land

The flatter parts of the cliffs are farmed, either as grazing land or as arable. In fact in the past they were a valuable resource because south facing land in the far SW of england allowed the earliest ripening of crops such as cauliflower in the country.

The breaks

This is the local name for the steep areas that are too poor to farm. Their vegitation consists of bracken, bluebells, primroses, gorse, and some hardy grasses. They are used as rough grazing in some areas.

Head

This is a layer 2-20m (6-60 feet) thick of unsorted rocks from clay - to boulders several feet across. All roughly aligned. More.

Raised Beach

This is a platform of rock with a very constant height, slightly slopeing up towards the land. There appear to be 3-4 of then at diferent heights along the coast. When the sea level was heigher than the present, (during an interglacial), the sea erroded the rock into a platform, which is now above sea level. A more detailed Explanation

Fossilised Cliff

This is a half buried cliff dating from a previous interglacial Explanation

Beach

Beach made up almost entirely of material erroding out of the head. It tends to consist of very large

pebbles, and not where you would want to sunbathe without a thick towel.