A Kettleness view

A look at this characteristic headland between Whitby and Runswick Bay that housed quarries in the 18th century. The quarries used to be for mining ‘alum’ and ‘jet’, that eventually caused most of the high village to slip into the sea, as a result of severe instability in 1829. There were no casualties as the slide was slow. The new settlement was relocated slightly further inland. On the high headland itself there used to be a Roman Signal station.

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