Geological view of the coast from Lyme Regis to Axmouth

Geological view of the coast from Lyme Regis in the County of Dorset to Axmouth Harbour on the East Coast of Devon, by William Daniel Conybeare and William Dawson. The Axmouth-Lyme Regis stretch of the south coast of England comprises one of the best known areas of landslipping in Great Britain. It includes the site of the first large-scale landslide ever to have been the subject of detailed scientific description by geologists: the Great Bindon Landslide which happened on Christmas Day, 1839. Fortuitously William Buckland (1784-1856) and his scientific artist wife Mary nee Morland (1797-1857) were quickly on the spot as they had been visiting fellow geologist Wiliam Daniel Conybeare (1787-1857) in nearby Axminster. The three, along with Mary Anning (1799-1847), investigated the incident. Coloured lithograph

Picture No

14154654

Media ID

45863897

Size

10344px x 3600px (4.3MB)

Credit

Source

Geological Society of London. W D Conybeare's and William Buckland's work Ten plates comprising a plan, sections, and views, representing the changes produced on the coast of East Devon, between Axmouth and Lyme Regis by the subsidence of the land and elevation of the bottom of the sea, on the 26th December, 1839, and 3rd of February, 1840', London: John Murray (1840), plate 2. - Image reference: 27-22

Date

1840