Millook

Millook Haven
Chevron folds with flat-lying axial planes
Millook

Millook is a deep coastal valley and hamlet in the parish of Poundstock, on the north coast of Cornwall, England.[1]

In 2014 the cliffs at Millook Haven were voted by the Geological Society of London as one of Britain's top 10 geological sites, leading the "folding and faulting" category.[2] The cliffs display an impressive series of recumbent chevron folds, in Carboniferous age killas of inter-bedded sandstones and shales, originally deposited in deep water.[3] The stony beach is popular with surfers despite there being few parking spaces and the South West Coast Path passes through the seaward end of the valley.[4] The ancient semi-natural woodland has been described as the best ravine wood in Cornwall and along with the coast is within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly (Map). Ordnance Survey. ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6.
  2. ^ Jonathan Webb (13 October 2014). "Chart-topping rocks: UK's 'Greatest Geosites' announced". BBC. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ^ Bastida F.; Aller J.; Toimil N.C.; Lisle R.J.; Bobillo-Ares N.C. (2007). "Some considerations on the kinematics of chevron folds". Journal of Structural Geology. 29 (7): 1185–1200. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2007.03.010.
  4. ^ Mike Hawkey (2012). "Millook Mouth and Foxhole Strand" (PDF). Cornwall Beach Information. Retrieved 13 October 2014.