Picture 27 - Sea Palling Beach.

SEA PALLING BEACH. On the west side of Horsey Mere is Palling Dyke, which extends north-westward for several miles, until it reaches almost to the sea. The sand-hills on the coast are plainly visible from this point, the thunder of the surf being also audible, as the sea is less than two miles away. These sand-hills are steep and high, and form a very curious barrier between the salt and fresh water. Breaches have been made in them by the sea from time to time, notably in the winter of 1791, when a very high tide made several gaps, and threatened to overwhelm the marshes inland.


Dieses Kapitel ist Teil des Buches Colours of the Norfolk Broads