Sedimentary Rocks, Ceredigion Coast

The rocks in Ceredigion, West Wales, were laid down on the floor of a deep-sea basin during the Silurian and Ordovician period some 505 to 406 million years ago. These sedimentary rocks – mudstones, siltstones and sandstones – were uplifted and emerged above the sea during a later mountain building period. This caused them to be folded and faulted. The eroded coastline provides a unique opportunity to see these rocks and their structures. I went back to photograph this rock structure again and it had been buried under a rock the size of a house which had come out of the cliffs in a storm.

Stock Photo by Paddy Bergin

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Ceredigion Coastal Path

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Paddy Bergin

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3791x2844 / 30.9MB

Ceredigion Coastal Path path Welsh coast West coast 60 miles iron age hill forts medieval fish traps 19th Century harbours dune system at Ynys-las high cliffs storm beaches sandy bays and sea caves Cardigan Bay heritage coast Marine Special Areas of Conservation important wildlife Cardi Bach bus service Cab-a-Bag (luggage transfer) schemes Teifi to the Dyfi’ dolphins seven sections long distance footpath Wales coast path EU's Objective 1 programme opened July 2008 Heritage coast bottlenose dolphins grey seals and porpoises. the rocks in Ceredigion were laid down on the floor of a deep-sea basin during the Silurian and Ordovician period some 505 to 406 million years ago. These sedimentary rocks – mudstones siltstones and sandstones – were uplifted and emerged above the sea during a later mountain building period. This caused them to be folded and faulted. The eroded coastline provides a unique opportunity to see these rocks and their structures. Geology

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