alteredcoast

Observations of coastal erosion and sea on East Anglian Coast

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Altered Coast is a documentation through images and words of coastal erosion on the coast of East Anglia. Locations, sediment, weather systems, communities, tides and surges as actors in a constantly changing, increasingly fragile evolution. As restless and powerful as the sea itself.

Category: Thorpeness

  • Latest erosion at Thorpeness.

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carol Cameron (@carol.cameron.56232938) A video taken by local resident and artist Carol Cameron shows a major land slip off a cliff face at Thorpeness. The interesting thing to note is that prior to the land slip, significant scouring, due to wave action, had occurred at the…

  • Sand and Shingle

    Severe erosion continues at Thorpeness beach, particularly on the section of beach below North End Avenue. The most noticeable features include substantial damage to flood defences, a loss of material and retreat of the cliff face, scouring at the base of the cliffs and a significant loss of shingle. Flood defences have been in place…