(i) A group of structures, comprising two dwelling houses and outbuildings, is aligned at 90o to the coast edge. They lie less than 1.5m from the coast edge, which, in this area, is protected by a sea wall. One dwelling house measures 15m by 6m and stands fully to roof height of approximately 5m. It is internally divided into three chambers. The other lies close by and is of similar dimensions. It has a small porch and has two rooms inside. The outbuildings are now unsound and were not closely inspected. (ii) In the eroding coastal section directly in front of the farmstead there are structural remains. These comprise quantities of horizontally laid slabs that are buried beneath 0.45m of cultivated soils and modern topsoil. It could not be ascertained if these stones represented part of revetted sea defence that had been rammed into the section face or an earlier building that is now eroding out.
ShoreUPDATE 12 May 2015
As described.
(i) The group of buildings is currently being renovated; one dwelling house remains dilapidated.
(ii) The stonework in the coast edge is former sea wall coastal defence constructed of edge-set slabs. Modern dumping and ad hoc DIY coastal defence is ongoing.
Location
345240.00
1047660.00
27700
59.3117867
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Submitted photographs
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Date
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User
12/05/2015
Nether Brough general view of the site
training1
12/05/2015
Nether Brough view of the coast edge looking north
training1
12/05/2015
Nether Brough showing the coastal defences
training1
12/05/2015
Nether Brough view of the coast edge looking south