Hangman cliffs

Source: Martin Bodman

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Hangman cliffs, consisting of Great Hangman and Little Hangman, are near Combe Martin on the north coast of Devon, England, where Exmoor meets the sea.
Great Hangman, with its summit at grid reference SS601481, is 1,043 feet high with a cliff face of 800 feet . It is the highest sea cliff in England and the highest point on the South West Coast Path. Little Hangman is 716 feet high and overlooks the village of Combe Martin at the western boundary of Exmoor National Park. Both cliffs lie on the South West Coast Path and are in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The cliffs are formed from a considerable thickness of sandstone known as the Hangman Grits laid down during the Devonian Period. They were subsequently folded during the Variscan Orogeny and the strata are seen locally to dip southwards at between 25 and 35 degrees. There is an abandoned working for iron ore below Great Hangman at Blackstone Point.

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Address: North Devon, United Kingdom

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Source: Martin Bodman

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Source: Martin Bodman

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