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Raised Beach | Towan Beach | Cornwall

Raised Beach  - Towan Beach

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Location: Towan Beach   |   Category: Geology   |   Photograph Added: 21st February 2008 | Photo Reference: 1983

This photograph shows a very good example of a raised beach at the far end of Towan Beach. Raised beaches are also called wave cut platforms and are left above the shore line by a relative fall in the sea level.