Lost Landscapes
Images of the destruction caused by sea erosion for the Norfolk and Suffolk coast are plentiful, these images are an attempt to capture the existing landscapes that may help future generations to know what was there before the sea comes in.
In North Norfolk, running West from the cliffs at Weybourne along to Cley Eye, a shingle bank keeps the sea from reclaiming the low marsh and pasture behind it. This shingle bank was constantly rebuilt, but is now to be left to time and tide to reform. With rising sea levels and a heavy surge the bank will again be breached. One hundred years ago the road, now the main coast road (A149), was a shingle beach from which the fisher folk of Salthouse launched their boats. It is now some half mile inshore, but in time this road will again become the boundary of sea and land.
In North Norfolk, running West from the cliffs at Weybourne along to Cley Eye, a shingle bank keeps the sea from reclaiming the low marsh and pasture behind it. This shingle bank was constantly rebuilt, but is now to be left to time and tide to reform. With rising sea levels and a heavy surge the bank will again be breached. One hundred years ago the road, now the main coast road (A149), was a shingle beach from which the fisher folk of Salthouse launched their boats. It is now some half mile inshore, but in time this road will again become the boundary of sea and land.
