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Originally Posted by Mathos  I
I thought maybe an asteroid might have done this a few million years ago or whatever. 
Well something made it look like that.
Perhaps it's simply a case of a piece of the land having been worked as a quarry for the stone.
This drew my attention as well. 
It certainly didn't look natural.
We stopped the car up here at Mam Tor, it was blowing a very, strong gale force wind and that is no exaggeration.  
A Vauxhall, about a 1924 model I think. |
The first Pic looks to me like an ancient ( talking about millions of years here) sinkhole.
The rocks around it look like some sort of igneous ( hard - granite or summat) rock that when the earth was being formed pushed its way through either limestone or some other softer rock.
This was eroded or dissolved over the millinea and left the hard rock where you see it today.
The second pic- not sure !
Are you referring to the hill in the background or the small ravine by the wall ?
Mam Tor
You really missed out here
On top of Mam Tor is one of the best Iron age hill forts in the north of England!!!!
Also one of the best Hang-gliding sites up that way as well !!!
Last pic !
You do all these trips in that I presume?
Can see it now - you with a flat hat on backwards and goggles and your lady in a broad brimmed hat with a dust veil !!
Back to your Wastwater pics.
It is not tidal !
The "beaches" that you see are caused by the water level dropping during the non raining times when the atomic power station at Seascale draws enormous amounts of water from the lake for cooling purposes!!!
Still on laptop so cant give absolute definitive info on things though - have to rely on memory !!!
A friend has a spare external hard drive and hopes to download my database for me so I can plug it into this Micky Mouse thing !!!
cheers