April 1996 

This photo of the Stone Barrow Hill cliff-face, was taken half way between Charmouth and Westhay Water, facing towards Golden Cap. It shows the higher Belemnite Marls dipping down to sea level in the middle distance. The lower Black Ven Marls of the nearer cliff face are covered by the talus slope of slipped material. 

April 1996 

This photo is of a close up of the Belemnite Marls of Stonebarrow Hill. The dividing line between the lower Black Ven Marls and the upper Belemnite Marls, is bed 105, the Apoderoceras Bed. Most of the Black Ven Marl is covered by slipped material forming a talus slope. You need to go further west, towards Charmouth, to see exposed Black Ven Marl. 

September 1996 

This photo shows the appearance of bed 80, the Lower Cement Bed, at low tide. It forms the feature known as 'Black Rock' around 1100m east from Charmouth. This also means that some 11m of Black Ven Marl is now below sea level. Since this photo was taken, large amounts of sand and gravel have been deposited on the beach. A larger part of Black Rock seen in this photo, is now hidden from view.

September 1996 

This photo shows the upper part of the exposed Black Ven Marl at Stonebarrow Hill. The climber, Nigel, is indicating the location of a Stonebarrow Flatstone (Bed 83) in situ in the cliff face. The Upper Cement Bed (82) is partially covered by the talus slope. 

September 1996 

This photo shows a close up of the Lower Cement Bed (80), which is exposed and accessible at Evans Cliff, (between the River Char and Stonebarrow Hill). It is the first prominent limestone bed to be seen when walking onto the beach to the east of the River Char. 

September 1996 

This photo shows the cretaceous cap of Stonebarrow Hill, that was left exposed by the rotational slip that happened in 1943. The base of the scar containing the remains of the 1187 and 1928 rotational slip have since been overgrown by vegetation. This area is known as 'Fairy Dell'. This photo was taken looking across from Cain's Folly. 

September 1996 

This photo shows some of the calcite reefs that appear in the Shales with Beef. The 'with Beef' term refers to the way that the calcite has formed, in that it has the appearance of beefsteak. This photo was taken after a severe storm where the sand, usually covering the normally below high-tide Shales with Beef, was washed away. 

November 1996 

This photo shows one part of a buttress on the cliff face of Stonebarrow Hill. The upper part of the face is Belemnite Marl, with the talus slope covering the lower Black Ven Marl. As you can see, the right hand front corner of the protruding buttress is intact but showing signs of cracking due to weathering. Now look at the July 1997 photo lower down.

March 1997

This photo shows the Upper Cement Bed exposed at low tide after a storm had washed away the usual covering of sand. The white dividing line between the Belemnite Marls and the Black Ven Marls indicates the path of the Apoderoceras Bed. 

March 1997

This photo shows the physical relationship between the Lower Cement Bed, the Upper Cement Bed and the Limestone with Brachiopods Bed. These were exposed at Evans Cliff following a recent landslip. In the background are the higher Belemnite Marls.

July 1997

This photo was taken from the cliff path towards the top of Black Ven, and is looking eastwards towards Stonebarrow Hill, with Chesil Beach disappearing into the haze in the distance. The path from the beach to this vantage point, includes crossing some land-slipped terrain. Since this time, the vantage point used has 'slipped', resulting in the closure of the cliff path.

July 1997

This photo is of Westhay Water, viewed from the east. It is around midway between Charmouth and Golden Cap. Although not much of a waterfall, it keeps the Belemnite Marl wet.

July 1997

This photo shows the same face as the one above. At this time the right hand corner of the Belemnite Marl buttress has collapsed onto the talus slope.

December 1998

This photo shows what is left of the cliff-top path that runs over Evans Cliff towards Cain's Folly and Stonebarrow Hill. The path was some eight feet to the right of the uppermost grass ledge. The drop to the beach at this point is over 100 feet.

May 1999

This photo shows a Flatstone in the process of being excavated out from the Black Ven Marl of Stonebarrow Hill. The wellington boot gives some idea of the size of the stone. Further digging proved the stone to be twice the depth seen here. Once excavated the stone was 'opened' but alas, contained no large examples of the Asteroceras Turneri ammonite.

May 1999

This photo shows what happens to the Black Ven Marl when it gets wet. The normally fairly solid marl turns into a VERY sticky, grey-brown, liquid clay. Once you get it on your hands and clothes, it takes a lot of washing off. If you tread in it, as you then walk along the beach, your boots will start to pick up sand and pebbles, making them both heavy and messy!

March 2000 

Taken two days before a low neap tide, this photo shows the feature known as 'Mouth Rocks'. This is to be found at the mouth of the River Char, below the high tide line.

April 2001

A lot different from the March 1997 photos above, this rather evocative photo shows the beach at Stonebarrow Hill during a 'spring storm'. The beach has all but gone at high tide, and at low tide is deeply cut by landslipped material. The results in plenty of material to be washed by the tides, leading to increased finds of pyrite ammonites.

October 2001

Once more, after several storms, the beach under Stonebarrow Hill has changed. The piles of pebbles created by earlier storms have gone. The beach near to the River Char (western end) is nearly all sand, with very few pebbles. Half way down the form of the beach changes; the sand is replaced by fairly coarse grit/gravel. There are some pebbles but not as many as usual. Very difficult to see pyritised ammonites on the beach. If you visit, try looking for fossils in the landslipped material along the back edge of the beach.

October 2001

Compared to the September 1996 photo seen above, the vegetation covering the front of the scar left by landslips of the Cretaceous capping has gone. The reason is a landslip during the middle of 2001 that removed it, a large amount of material, as well as the coastpath track in two places.

October 2001

Compared to the July 1997 photo seen above, the landslip of the Cretaceous capping is noticeable.