From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barnes Chine
Barnes Chine
Barnes Chine
of the hamlet of Yafford. It is a small sandy coastal ravine,
one of a number of such chines on the island created by
erosion of the cliff edge made of soft Cretaceous rock .
This Chine is difficult to identify as there is no obvi-
ous stream valley leading to the cliff edge, just a slight
undulation of the gently sloping agricultural land. At the
bottom of the undulation look over the cliff edge to see a
small v-shaped gully descending rapidly to the beach be-
low. The erosion of this chine is by underwater streams
which emerge below the cliff top. The water probably
comes from a small pond about 150m from the cliff edge
near the Military Road and from the small catchement
area to the west of Barnes High.
The Isle of Wight Coastal Path runs past the top of the
Barnes Chine
Barnes Chine on the Isle of Wight chine.
Barnes Chine is a geological feature on the south west External links
coast of the Isle of Wight, England. The chine lies just to
the west of a small rise called Barnes High and south west
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnes_Chine&oldid=274319718"
Categories:
• Chines of the Isle of Wight
This page was last modified on 2 March 2009 at 02:26. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-
ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of
the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact us
Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers
1