DRING HARBOUR CURIOUS HOLLOWS

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Curious hollows (subsidence sinkholes) in a stratum of sandy nature sealed with clay described BODEN KLOSS, C (1903 edited 1995b: 101) from the neighbourhood of Dring Harbour (note 1) which is extremely well watered, as nearly each one of the many gullies has either a stream or pond in it. A stratum of sandy nature underlies the surface clay of this district, and by washing away, causes the latter to fall in, with the result that a number of curious hollows [note 2] are formed on the tops of the rolling hills. This tendency leads to parts of the downs becoming terraced as if by artificial agency.Curious hollows (subsidence sinkholes) in a stratum of sandy nature sealed with clay described BODEN KLOSS, C (1903 edited 1995b: 101) from the neighbourhood of Dring Harbour (note 1) which is extremely well watered, as nearly each one of the many gullies has either a stream or pond in it. A stratum of sandy nature underlies the surface clay of this district, and by washing away, causes the latter to fall in, with the result that a number of curious hollows [note 2] are formed on the tops of the rolling hills. This tendency leads to parts of the downs becoming terraced as if by artificial agency.