Journal . theDymchurch wall now stands, for throughout its whole lengththere are shingle banks running under it. There are also tracesof short spits at right angles to the wall, which were, no doubt,formed by the end of the main spit being occasionally turned bysouth-easterly gales during its growth Lymne and Hythe Harbours.—There is no doubt that whenthere was a continuous spit from Fairlight Cliff to Lymne, nearHythe, first Lymne (Portus Lemanis) and then later on Hythewere very important harbours. As often occurs when a shinglespit is hindered from increasing in length by a river
Journal . theDymchurch wall now stands, for throughout its whole lengththere are shingle banks running under it. There are also tracesof short spits at right angles to the wall, which were, no doubt,formed by the end of the main spit being occasionally turned bysouth-easterly gales during its growth Lymne and Hythe Harbours.—There is no doubt that whenthere was a continuous spit from Fairlight Cliff to Lymne, nearHythe, first Lymne (Portus Lemanis) and then later on Hythewere very important harbours. As often occurs when a shinglespit is hindered from increasing in length by a river outlet, suc-cessive ridges of beach, or what is termed an apposition spit, wasformed near Hythe, and is now used by the War Office for rifleranges. At West Hythe the parallel series of curved ridges cannow be seen running in a south-west direction. Opposite Mon-crief Fort the surface for a distance of about two miles is com * Redman, Min. Proc. Vol. Elliott, Min. Proc. Vol. 216 ACCRETION AT ESTUARY HARBOURS.
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