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The return period for such a major Katrina-type hurricane is probably of the order of 250 years and
perhaps even more. In contrast the upper part of the Hengistbury Head, siderite-bearing strata have
marine fossils. Authigenesis of Fe- and Ca-rich phases was widespread. The sand on the north side
extends only half-way to Steamer Lodge, but on the south it extends not only as far as Hengistbury
Head but actually round its southeast corner. However, a short distance away,, sadly, a boy fell
through the ice and was drowned. At Whitecliff Bay, two units of cross-bedded sand have
northward-directed palaeocurrents and may have been deposited as localized fans of debris
reworked from earlier Tertiary sediments on the upwarped side of the monocline. This is relevant to
Hengistbury Head, in that dissolution of fossil shells has taken place there. Two are from the Barton
clay at Alum Bay and the other two are from Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight, one in the Barton clay
and one in the upper Bracklesham beds. There is no obvious evidence of break-though beginning at
the moment. It shows the relatively recent sea defences, mostly of rock armour, that have been placed
on Mudeford Spit (compare with older aerial photographs). Here is the Haven House Inn, a car park,
a cafe, a fish shop and a few other buildings. Because of much variation in the strata, this is probably
an insufficient number to give precise data on the ironstone composition. New edition by John C.W.
Cope. (See also the earlier editions by House, M.R. 1989 and 1993.). Also a second edition in 2016.
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 38, pp. 1- 15. By J. Starkie Gardner,
F.G.S. Esq. The stretch of low gravel cliffs, only a few metres high between Southbourne and
Hengistbury Head is of interest with regard to coastal erosion or sea flooding. Major beach
replenishment of beach sand from other areas (such as off the Isle of Wight) takes place every few
years. Fortunately, they have not yet had to encounter the 1 in 250 year type of storm. At that time
we did not proceed west of Christchurch, and I was unable to accompany Mr. Prestwich in his more
recent visit to the cliffs between Christchurch and Poole, when Mr. Prestwich also noticed the very
ferruginous condition of these large tabular Septaria. It is the most frequently found of the
Palaeogene odontaspids, but, of course, not all sharks' teeth found at Hengistbury Head are
necessarily of this species. The Branksome Sand Formation strata are seen at the base of the cliff at
the western or highest part of the hill. It is possible that a lesser storm might overwash the very low
cliff and produce a northward flood effect. The remains of the channel have become a temporary
lagoon. Four principal sedimentary environments: marine, lagoonal, estuarine and alluvial are
distinguished. The overall colours of the thin-sections vary according to the extent of oxidation of
the siderite. A letter had suggested that a 9 mile long runway, the largest in the world for a civil
airport could be built in reclaimed Christchurch Bay, saving valuable agricultural land. This can be
purchased now from the British Geological Survey. It is not known just how much it would damage
the spit or whether it may just break some sea defences further west and release a sand supply from
Hengistbury Head to the spit again. Adders used to live on the heaths, but may not be particularly
common. In some cases, large siderite grains are adjoined together and occurred as a siderite
aggregate. I met him once at Bournemouth Natural Science Society.
The only effect was a shortening of the spit at low tide by about 100 yard. The Geological Society of
London, Burlington House, London. 270 pp. ISBN 1-897799-96-9. However most of the nodules
are not conspicuously as septarian, as are the calcitic nodules, higher in the Barton Clay Formation at
Highcliffe and Barton-on-Sea. Cowper Reed then listed another 14 species, less well-preserved, with
more or less uncertainty. On the north side of the entrance to Christchurch Harbour, the Run, there is
a shorter sand and gravel spit, Mudeford Quay, now mostly, but not entirely, covered with concrete
and tarmac. In some cases, large siderite grains are adjoined together and occurred as a siderite
aggregate. A 1 in 50 year storm event will happen sooner or later but it might not produce very
serious damage. Geochemically the sediments are silica-rich but poor in alkali and alkaline-earths.
The Hengistbury Beds below the Nummulites prestwichianus Bed, the Boscombe Sands and the
Bournemouth Marine Beds, correspond with the youngest microplankton zone of the Bracklesham
Beds, their time equivalents lying within the interval represented at Prestwich's beds 25-29 at Alum
Bay and Fisher's beds XVII-XIX at Whitecliff Bay. The king was recommended to establish iron-
works here for the purpose of founding cannon; the ore was to be obtained from the shore, and the
charcoal from the neighbouring New Forest; this scheme, however, was not carried out. It is an
extremely useful and quite remarkable website. About 16 metres of glauconitic clay or silty clay (pale
green to brown), overlies the main pebble bed. A sphere of chalcedony, a little larger than the quartz
grains was seen in one slide. Plint (1983c, fig. 2; 1983b, fig. 6) regarded the base of the cobble bed
beneath the fine-grained sand (the base of his T5 transgression) as the base of the Barton Clay. It
will, of course, continue to lose sand and there is no natural resupply now. Lignite, incorporated
within siderite nodules have shown partial compaction and they do not show development of
significant pyrite. Some at Boscombe are Maastrichtian in age and thus remarkably young for Chalk
flints (there is no Maastrichtian Chalk in the region at the moment; it has been eroded away). We also
must note down the environmental aspects and quality of Hengistbury Head that helps to protect the
area from erosion and pollution by humans, and how weather affects the amount of erosion of the
cliff. I shall never forget motoring down one Sunday morning some years ago. The pigment was
shown to have the characteristics of a 'Type 2' bitumen, probably derived, in large part, from the
waxy cuticular coatings of plant leaves (P. Of course the matter is not simple and some sand remains
for some time in the Bournemouth area and probably some even moves westward to Sandbanks. It is
an attractive area of country parkland and an archaeological site between the sea and the town of
Christchurch. Most of the district is underlain by Tertiary sedimentary deposits. It also attempts to
estimate the position of the coastline 2000 years ago. There are at least three levels of siderite
nodules and the mineralogy (and presence or absence of glauconie) of these beds has not been
studied in detail. Hengistbury Head is of particular geological interest because of the abundance
within the sandy clays of sideritic ironstone nodules. The ironstone nodules are brown (on the
exterior) rather irregular concretions of siderite (FeCO. The fossils in the Lower Barton Clay of
Hengistbury Head occur in patches, and. The 1824 event caused most flooding and fatalities in the
Portland and Weymouth area. Discussion of geological and geomorphological features, coast erosion,
coastal retreat, storm surges etc are given here for academic and educational purposes only.
They appear almost unfossiliferous, unlike for example, the calcitic septaria of the Middle Barton
Beds. Again a fairly large number of water plants are present and the characteristic tropical families
Capparidaceae, Anonaceae, Icacinaceae and Mastixioideae occur. There are many publications
available which discuss archaeological matters at this locality. The website is written privately from
home in Romsey, unfunded and with no staff other than the author, but generously and freely
published by Southampton University. According to a television report it came up for discussion
again in 2007 in a meeting between local residents and the council authorities. The photograph shows
these flying around near their burrows in the hot weather of June, 2010. There are patches within the
nodules that are almost free of quartz sand. The deposit is exposed in the cliffs at Boscombe but
these sections are now much damaged by the Bournemouth urbanisation. At Hengistbury Head this
lowest part of the Barton Clay Formation contains much lignite. New sea defences in the stretch
between Southbourne and Hengistbury Head have been requested by local residents, according to a
media report. The Run is the outflow channel from Christchurch Harbour, carrying the waters of the
Avon and Stour and tidal water. This stock of water moved down to the outflow channel -
Smallmouth, the local equivalent of the Run, and flowed out in a torrent, widening the mouth,
destroying the ferry house and drowning the ferryman. The Boscombe Sand Formation, a unit which
can be seen, in part, at Hengistbury Head, is characterised by Ball and Pillow Structures. This is
thought to have been due to rapid expulsion of pore water, possibly as a result of seismic shock. In
the more common sandy parts there are occasional small burrows occupied by sand-free siderite.
Within the last three years Mr. Holloway sent specimens to South Wales for examination. This
railway and associated sea defences have now cut off the sand supply from the west (cf.
Hengistbury Head is too special a special place of natural, historical and archaeological interest in
addition to being an important reacreational park of Bournemouth. The layers of bituminous sand
below the surface were ruptered during water escape, resulting in localized zones of rapid flow
causing fluidization and the development of dewatering pipes up to 1.2 m. long. The estuarine
sediments were subsequently transgressed during which the bituminous sand was exposed on the
seafloor, when it was eroded into a hummocky topography and heavily burrowed. There has long
been fear of the sea breaking through the low ground of Solent Meads between Hengistbury Head
and the high ground of Southbourne. He wrote many papers on the geology of the Tertiary strata of
the Hampshire Basin and elsewhere. In the exceptional conditions in November 1824 a storm surge
coincided in part with a high spring tide and with severe wave action. Accessible from a separate
page including No Active Intervention (NAI) and With Present Management (WPM) assessments,
and summaries of the data used in assessments. Unfortunately this reef has been far from successful
and has been a serious dissapointment as a wave generating utility for surfing activities. It is quite
likely that much sand was available there at that time because extensive shoals of sand are shown
near Steamer Point on the map of Isaac Taylor (1759) and much sand is recorded, as mentioned
above, on the Admiralty Chart for 1785. Here is the Haven House Inn, a car park, a cafe, a fish shop
and a few other buildings. This may or may not have been the first extension of the Spit following
the removal of ironstone at Hengistbury Head. I think this because there seems to be no over
crowding at Hengistbury Head and all there sea defences seem to be in good order and I see now
problem with them at all. Buildings are predominantly on slightly higher ground or away from the
coast, and this is mostly an open area of public park. The passage of Marine to Fresh-water beds at
this point was pointed out.

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