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Seacliffe & Tantallon

Tantallon Castle is well worth a visit. Lots of historic stuff here. Seacliffe Estate provides access to the beach. Car drivers pay on entry. Between North Berwick and Dunbar.

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Seacliffe 1979
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Taken in 1979 using a 24mm lens. I was standing on a pinnacle of rock...
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Seacliffe at high tide. A more recent shot taken from the car park area just visible in the picture below, in the distance behind the rock pinnacle.
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The opposite view to the other Seacliffe 98 picture above. There's that rock...
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I use a version of this for my wallpaper on one of my PCs. It's the tide coming in at Seacliffe.
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The slanted strata of the rocks is shown here at the foot of the cliffs.

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Tantallon Castle
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A recent shot taken from Seacliffe. Still an imposing sight, centuries later. You can visit this castle...

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Bass Rock
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A wide-angle shot taken from beside the western end of Tantallon Castle. Internationally famous for its seabird colonies.

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Tantallon 0
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One end of the castle framed in a window of the other end.

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Tantallon 1
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There used to be wooden floors here. If you want more information why not visit the castle?

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Tantallon 2
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This is the view east towards Seacliffe. The black and white picture further up shows how high the cliff-top castle really is.

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