Filey, Yorkshire - from the South Cliff, 1858. Creator: Unknown

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Filey, Yorkshire - from the South Cliff, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Filey, Yorkshire - from the South Cliff, 1858. This town is situated...at the head of a bay, upon cliffs more than a hundred feet above the level of the ocean; its clayey encampment forming a curious contrast with the white chalky headland which skirts it on the southeastern side, and its still more extraordinary reef of rocks, called Filey Brigg, which, running out far into the briny deep, forms a natural, breakwater on its northeastern aspect...The stratification of these rocks, which are composed of calcareous grit, is exceedingly regular. The gigantic roll of the German Ocean, even in its calmer moments, meeting this obstruction to its resistless wave, expends its force in surf and roar; whilst on its sheltered side the yacht or the smallest boat rides in perfect safety and repose...Wandering, after a storm...abundant food for contemplation presents itself in the great variety of shells, coralines, agates, which are constantly to be found after a little search...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858

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