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Coastal Heritage Erosion Processes Background Information - Walton-on-the-Naze - East Coast of England - Essex
Land and Sea in Conflict
The Power of the Sea - Walton-on-the-Naze
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The Naze in the 14th Century
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Walton on the Naze has only been a seaside town in recent centuries. During the Middle Ages it was a small farming community miles from the sea - near the lost village of Horlock - with not a fishing boat in sight. To the north of the Naze Tower the parallel undulations of a medieval field system can be clearly seen - especially when the sun is low - evidence of former inland farming cultivation which now ends abruptly at the cliff edge. The 'west rocks' on the 14th. century map are marked today by the Cork Sands South Cardinal Buoy - five miles out to sea! [Watch VIDEO]
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From the 19th Century:
The grim extent of erosion at what is known as the "northeast corner"of the Naze is clear from this map detail. This is because the coastline is much lower and softer (no cliffs, just sand and shingle) than the higher ground to the south. There is another reason too; it has to do with the green dotted line covering much of the coastline shown on the map. This indicates the position of the remnants of the former Victorian sea defences that consisted of thirty beach groynes and a sea wall called the Tamarisk Wall. While these structures remained intact erosion was contained. When these defences fell into disrepair after WW2 the situation got rapidly worse.
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Get the complete map showing all Naze peninsula coastal erosion since 1881 by purchasing the 2006 update of the "Erosion of the Naze" fact sheet set - price: £2.00 - at this address
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The Northeast Corner:
Coastal sand dunes were finally breached in 2006, allowing storm surge penetration [below] to put at risk both the ecology of the lagoon and the safety of the 'new' sea wall behind. Built in 1953, this has already been weakened at its southern end.
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The Tamarisk Wall once marked the seaward side of the short-lived Naze Golf Course. There are people in Walton who remember as children looking for stray golf balls along the top of the wall. Today, the wall is just a pile of rubble covered at high tide. Fifty years ago the remaining defences were dismantled to provide material for sea defences further down the coast. That was a bad idea; since then erosion of the Naze has accelerated alarmingly because now there is nothing to stop the northward drift of shoreline material - sand and mud - into the sea beyond. The tip of the Naze peninsula , known as Stone Point, is fast disappearing. This is significant because the Naze is the only natural barrier to tidal flooding for the Backwaters and Walton.
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Storm Surge Breach
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