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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| SICCAR POINT | Siccar Point Siccar Point Siccar Point |
Mr James Hardy, Penmanshiel Mr McGregor, Schoolmaster Revd [Reverend] W Paterson, Cockburnspath |
001.16 | [Situation] On the N.E. [North East] coast of the parish of Cockburnspath about forty chains E.N.E. [East North East] from St Helen's Church fifty two N. [North] from Old Cambus East Mains and about as many W N.W. [West North West] from Coast Guard Station A lofty Headland running abruptly into the sea, at the base of which is a fine cavern of considerable height and extent, having its roof covered with beautiful calcareous stalactitic incrustations and the entrance guarded by ranges of cliffs and isolated rocks, The junction of the old red sandstone with the greywater is here visible, but curiously dissected and laid open by the action of the waves, and nowhere in Scotland is there to be seen a more striking instance of unconformable junction, or one which more plainly attests the very different and distinct ages of the two formations, Extract from N.B. Railway Guide P. 11 Both the natural and scientific beauties of this place, Sir John Hall Bart [Baronet] the proprietor has rendered more accessible to strangers by means of a winding foot path along the sides of the steep banks. - vide Statistical Acct [Account] of Berwick co [county] P. 29 |
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