The Rocky Coast of South Devon and Its ‘Disappearing’ Village

The Dissidence of Despair: Rebellion and Identity in Early Modern Cornwall

Journal of British Studies ◽

10.1086/386202 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 38 (4) ◽

pp. 423-444 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Mark Stoyle

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Charles I ◽

Popular Protest ◽

The Face ◽

Rocky Coast ◽

Separate Identity

In May 1648 a group of Cornishmen who had rebelled against Parliament in the name of Charles I met with comprehensive defeat at “the Gear,” near Helford, and were then pursued back across the Lizard peninsula to the seacoast beyond. Surrender seemed inevitable, yet a number of the fugitives refused to submit. Instead they “joyned hand-in-hand” and hurled themselves bodily into the water: “a desperate expedient on that rocky coast,” as one later writer remarked. What can have driven them to such despair? No convincing answer can be given by looking at the events of 1648 alone. The rebels' despairing plunge can be understood only if it is seen as the final act in a long-running drama, a story of repeated popular protest in West Cornwall that spanned over 150 years. It is a story that has gone largely unrecognized by previous historians, most of whom have portrayed the Cornish revolts of 1497, 1548, 1549, 1642, and 1648 as isolated events rather than as part of a continuum. Yet it is a story that deserves to be told, not only because it provides a dramatic new explanation for many of the most important rebellions of the Tudor and Stuart periods, but also because it serves as an enduring monument to a forgotten people and their struggle to preserve a separate identity for themselves in the face of overwhelming odds.A fierce sense of distinctiveness has always characterized the inhabitants of Cornwall.

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Rocky Coast Vegetation

Geobotany Studies - The Vegetation of the Maltese Islands ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-34525-9_7 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 67-81

Author(s):

Salvatore Brullo ◽

Cristian Brullo ◽

Salvatore Cambria ◽

Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo

Keyword(s):

Rocky Coast

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A SURVEY OF MAN-MADE TIDAL SWIMMING POOLS ALONG THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAST

Coastal Engineering Proceedings ◽

10.9753/icce.v18.151 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 1 (18) ◽

pp. 151

Author(s):

D.E. Bosman ◽

D.J.P. Scholtz

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Spring Tide ◽

High Water ◽

Swimming Pools ◽

The South ◽

Recreational Facilities ◽

African Coast ◽

Shark Attacks ◽

Rocky Coast ◽

Tidal Pools

A large number of man-made tidal swimming pools (two examples are shown in Figure 1) exist along the South African coast. They are usually situated on rocky outcrops in the close vicinity of popular sandy bathing beaches to provide protected bathing conditions in these areas mainly for children and elderly people. Some tidal pools, especially along rocky coast, provide the only safe bathing facilities. Besides affording protection against waves and surfzone currents the pools provide protection from sharks. A large number of tidal pools were built during the early 1950s along the Natal South Coast after the occurrence of a relatively large number of shark attacks on bathers on that coast. The semi-diurnal tide with a range of about 1,5 m along the South African coast makes it possible for pools to be built such that water replenishment can occur during every high-water (approximately every 12 hours) during both neap and spring tide periods. Presently, there exists a great need for more tidal pools as part of the demand for more recreational facilities along the South African coast. However, no information on design criteria could be found in the literature.

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Rhysia fletcheri (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Rhysiidae), a new species of colonial hydroid from Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) and the San Juan Archipelago (Washington, U.S.A.)

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z93-056 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 71 (2) ◽

pp. 401-406 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

A. Brinckmann-Voss ◽

D. M. Lickey ◽

C. E. Mills

Keyword(s):

British Columbia ◽

New Species ◽

Vancouver Island ◽

San Juan ◽

San Juan Islands ◽

Friday Harbor ◽

Rocky Coast ◽

The Antarctic ◽

Colonial Hydroid ◽

A New Species

A new species of colonial athecate hydroid, Rhysia fletcheri, is described from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, and from Friday Harbor, Washington, U.S.A. Its relationship to Rhysia autumnalis Brinckmann from the Mediterranean and Rhysia halecii (Hickson and Gravely) from the Antarctic and Japan is discussed. Rhysia fletcheri differs from Rhysia autumnalis and Rhysia halecii in the gastrozooid having distinctive cnidocyst clusters on its hypostome and few, thick tentacles. Most of its female gonozooids have no tentacles. Colonies of R. fletcheri are without dactylozooids. The majority of R. fletcheri colonies are found growing on large barnacles or among the hydrorhiza of large thecate hydrozoans. Rhysia fletcheri occurs in relatively sheltered waters of the San Juan Islands and on the exposed rocky coast of southern Vancouver Island.

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A survey of the microseisms recorded at Aberdeen in 1955, together with a review of the meteorological conditions under which they may have arisen

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America ◽

10.1785/bssa0480010065 ◽

1958 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 65-76

Author(s):

A. E. M. Geddes

Keyword(s):

Fast Moving ◽

Rayleigh Waves ◽

Standing Waves ◽

Meteorological Conditions ◽

Love Waves ◽

Norwegian Coast ◽

Pressure Distributions ◽

Moving Storm ◽

Set Up ◽

Rocky Coast

Abstract As observations of microseisms at Aberdeen appeared to indicate that microseisms may arise from a cause or causes other than from standing waves set up by reflection from a steep rocky coast or by a mixture of waves in a fast-moving storm, a survey of Aberdeen records for 1955 has been carried out and a comparison made with the meteorological conditions prevailing at the time. A noticeable feature on the weather charts was the frequent occurrence of pressure distributions with two centres, while the occasions on which fast-moving storms occurred, or reflection from rocky coasts, were rare. Consequently there seemed to be grounds for supposing that the standing waves arose from the interference of two sets of wave systems generated by double low-pressure centres. Further, single low centres off either the Norwegian coast or that of America produced very little effect at Aberdeen. The survey suggests that the principal regions where such microseisms were produced appeared to be in the Atlantic north of 50° N and off the rocky coast of northwest Scotland. From a comparison of the displacements on the E-W and N-S records there is some support for the hypothesis that microseisms are due to a mixture of Rayleigh waves and Love waves.

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A numerical model study for simulation of rocky coast evolution and erosion using cosmogenic nuclides: A case study along the Dunduri and Dokdo shore platform in Korea

Journal of the geological society of Korea ◽

10.14770/jgsk.2021.57.2.195 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 57 (2) ◽

pp. 195-207

Author(s):

Ara Jeong ◽

Yeong Bae Seong ◽

Kwang Hee Choi ◽

Cho Hee Lee

Keyword(s):

Numerical Model ◽

Cosmogenic Nuclides ◽

Shore Platform ◽

Model Study ◽

Rocky Coast ◽

Numerical Model Study

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THE EFFECTS OF SEDIMENTATION ON ROCKY COAST ASSEMBLAGES

Oceanography and Marine Biology, An Annual Review, Volume 41 ◽

10.1201/9780203180570-23 ◽

2003 ◽

pp. 169-171

Keyword(s):

Rocky Coast

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Impact of the October 2018 Storm Vaia on Coastal Boulders in the Northern Adriatic Sea

Water ◽

10.3390/w11112229 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 2229 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Biolchi ◽

Denamiel ◽

Devoto ◽

Korbar ◽

Macovaz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Adriatic Sea ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Deep Understanding ◽

Wave Model ◽

Aerial Survey ◽

Northern Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

Multidisciplinary Study ◽

Rocky Coast ◽

Full Force

Boulder detachment from the seafloor and subsequent transport and accumulation along rocky coasts is a complex geomorphological process that requires a deep understanding of submarine and onshore environments. This process is especially interesting in semi-enclosed shallow basins characterized by extreme storms, but without a significant tsunami record. Moreover, the response of boulder deposits located close to the coast to severe storms remains, in terms of accurate displacement measurement, limited due to the need to acquire long-term data such as ongoing monitoring datasets and repeated field surveys. We present a multidisciplinary study that includes inland and submarine surveys carried out to monitor and accurately quantify the recent displacement of coastal boulders accumulated on the southernmost coast of the Premantura (Kamenjak) Promontory (Croatia, northern Adriatic Sea). We identified recent boulder movements using unmanned aerial vehicle digital photogrammetry (UAV-DP). Fourteen boulders were moved by the waves generated by a severe storm, named Vaia, which occurred on 29 October 2018. This storm struck Northeast Italy and the Istrian coasts with its full force. We have reproduced the storm-generated waves using unstructured wave model Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN), with a significant wave height of 6.2 m in front of the boulder deposit area. These simulated waves are considered to have a return period of 20 to 30 years. In addition to the aerial survey, an underwater photogrammetric survey was carried out in order to create a three-dimensional (3D) model of the seabed and identify the submarine landforms associated with boulder detachment. The survey highlighted that most of the holes can be considered potholes, while only one detachment shape was identified. The latter is not related to storm Vaia, but to a previous storm. Two boulders are lying on the seabed and the underwater surveys highlighted that these boulders may be beached during future storms. Thus, this is an interesting example of active erosion of the rocky coast in a geologically, geomorphologically, and oceanologically predisposed locality.

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