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The shaping of settlements Many criteria affecting the configuration of settlements are of course purely cultural and economic (and may indeed even reflect the influence of individuals). In Scotland, however, topographic patteming is also often evident. Sometimes motifs repeat themselves with remarkable· consistency. For example, the geomorphological evolution of the coast line is reflected in Later expansion above fossil cliffline the linear layout of the older parts of the East Neuk burghs. Part of a maritime culture involving both fishing and trading, they are perched just above present sea-level on an ancient wavecut rock platform, constrained from spreading landwards by the fossil C\iffline at their backs. A Erosion of rock platform and cliffline by marine transgressions during the Quaternary Ice Age Raised beach deposits left on platform in postglacial marine regressions, during crustal rebound of land relieved from weight of former ice cover. C Linear settlement along platform on partly eroded raised beaches lAM lEVOhllti.OHll oft'tlhie coastline: East Neuk burghsTranscribers who have contributed to this page.
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