Newgale Sands 3

Nolton Haven to Newgale
The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.

Heading north along the coast path from Rickets Head, the open expanse of Newgale Sands dominates view.

Seaward dipping beds of the Pennant Sandstone Formation form the wave-cut platform in the foreground and the cliffs on the right. The cliffs in the distant, north, side of the bay are comprised of Cambrian sediments and Pre-Cambrian volcanics.