OH the fault in the Cliff Eest of 



By H. SHAEN SOLLY, M.A.. and JOHN FRANCIS 

 WALKER, M.A., F.G.S. 



the Cliff west of Bridport Harbour there is an 

 interesting and complicated Fault, on which it 

 may be worth while to offer a note, especially as 

 this portion of our coast will before very long be 

 washed away by the land springs and the tides. 

 It is, however, necessary to caution the student 

 that the observation of the Cliff is far from easy on account of the 

 very different appearance it presents at different seasons of the 

 year, and the way the lower portions are obscured by the slipping 

 or washing, down of the higher beds. In wet weather the 

 water falling on the surface of the cliffs cut deep gullies, while 

 high tides undermine the base. Huge overhanging masses, there- 

 fore, fall from time to time, often in hot dry weather throwing up 

 clouds of dust. The fallen material is rapidly removed by the sea. 

 The Cliffs begin with Midford Sands of the same level as, and 

 similar to, the well known Cliffs to the east of the Harbour. After 

 70 yards we reach the beginning of the Fault, and find traces of a 

 considerable downthrow. First we have a section of M.S. 15 feet 

 in lii-ight from the base of the Cliff, but it is M.S. of a higher 



