Kettleness
A View of Kettleness taken from Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire.
Kettleness is a lonely collection of houses high on a clifftop between Runswick Bay and Sandsend, with the Cleveland Way National Trail passing through. The views are magnificent on a good day and the sea air is always 'bracing'!
The instability of the coastal cliffs around here is emphasized by the history of Kettleness. On one December night in 1829, the cliff slumped slowly into the sea taking the entire village with it. Villagers were rescued seawards, by an alum ship anchored offshore. Although alum mining was resumed, the rebuilding of the settlement never achieved its former size.
You can see the cliff top location on a previous photo taken from the same place across the bay www.flickr.com/photos/16714425@N04/48330733141/
Kettleness
A View of Kettleness taken from Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire.
Kettleness is a lonely collection of houses high on a clifftop between Runswick Bay and Sandsend, with the Cleveland Way National Trail passing through. The views are magnificent on a good day and the sea air is always 'bracing'!
The instability of the coastal cliffs around here is emphasized by the history of Kettleness. On one December night in 1829, the cliff slumped slowly into the sea taking the entire village with it. Villagers were rescued seawards, by an alum ship anchored offshore. Although alum mining was resumed, the rebuilding of the settlement never achieved its former size.
You can see the cliff top location on a previous photo taken from the same place across the bay www.flickr.com/photos/16714425@N04/48330733141/