Places on the Triassic Coast.

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Places on the Jurassic Coast.

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Places on the Cretaceous Coast.

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Ladram Bay – Devon.

Ladram bay and its surrounding region is a beautiful stretch of coast famous for its sea stacks made up of red Otter Sandstone.

Red Otter Sandstone sea stacks, Hern Rock is on the left, Sidmouth can just be seen in the distance. Ladram Bay and Ladram Rock a sea stack of Triassic red Otter Sandstone from the viewing area on the cliffs to the east. The large sea stack is Herne Rock and part of Sandy Bay. 4 A single Sea Stack to the east of Ladram Bay photographed from the South West Coastal path. Hern Rock looking east towards Sidmouth with Big Picket Rock to the left in the distance. Red Otter Sandstone cliffs as seen from the South West Coastal path between Ladram Bay and the mouth of the River Otter at Budleigh Salterton. Brandy Head west of Ladram Bay, the cave will eventually break through the cliffs creating a new sea stack. Ladram Rock is in the fore ground on the left of the photo with Big Picket, Little Picket Rock and Sidmouth to the right. Big Picket and Little Picket Rocks at low tide showing the harder band of sandstone at their base. Ladram Bay at low tide with Sidmouth in the distance. You can clearly see the hard sandstone bases of the sea stacks. Ladram Bay sea stacks with the high tide covering the sandstone bases. Red Otter Sandstone cliffs as seen from the South West Coastal path, there is no access down to the beach from the cliff tops.

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The Otter Sandstone of the sea stacks is relatively soft, but they have a harder band of sandstone at their base which prevents their rapid erosion by the sea.