Comment:
This photograph was taken on 4 January 2014 one day after the storm
conditions seen in the first three photographs in this series.
The exposed and eroding sea-facing side of Wadhead Scar kame is
seen one day after the sea had claimed a further portion of
the glacial deposits which had been in situ for around 14000 years.
A careful comparison with the view of Wadhead Scar seen in the
second photograph in this series will identify where further
collapses have occurred and been lost to the sea. In the fullness of time the erosion will be so great that it will
be necessary to extend the sea wall to protect the agricultural land
around and behind the kame. At the moment the kame, which is a
rare geomorphological aftermath of the ice age, is being sacrificed
in a role of protector of land from the sea.