1-GALLERIES-SOUTH COAST
1 - AMROTH to WEST ANGLE
The Pembrokeshire Coastal Path passes through some of the best Limestone scenery .
Marine erosion having produced a finely eroded coast with arches , stacks , caves ,.
One of the finest in Britain .
Military Activity at Skrinkle Haven ( Manorbier ) and between Stack Rock / Freshwater West leads to permanent diversions from the coast path .
Also the path between Broad Haven South / St Govans / Stack Rock and sometimes at Giltar Head ( Penally) are other areas with restrictions to access , because of military activity .
Sentry posts are manned when the path is closed.
Excellent beaches - Amroth , Saundersfoot , Tenby , Barafundle , Freshwater East , Broad Haven (SOUTH) , Freshwater West .
COAST GEOLOGY :-
Tectonic Plate activity , 290 million years ago , ( Variscan Orogeny ) , at the end of the Carboniferous Period.
Created the folding and faulting in the rock strata , visible around the coast of South Pembrokeshire.
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Coal Measures - ( CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD - 290 /360 million years ) - are encountered initially - Amroth / Saundersfoot , coal was mined until 1940 .
Millstone Grit - ( CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD ) - Saundersfoot / Tenby .
The Grey Limestone - ( CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD ) - extends from Giltar Head to just passed Lydstep Headlands and even more impressively from Stackpole Quay to near Freshwater West .
The Older Red Sandstone - which can be in other colours than red - e.g purple / green / brown - (DEVONIAN PERIOD - 360 / 420 million years ) is in between .
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