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Images of the South West
Image of a golden coloured rock at Northcott Mouth

Fool’s Gold

The easily eroded sandstone of the Culm Coast can create some bright colours at times. The rocks weather to a blue-grey colour but when split open or damaged the raw orange sandstone appears.

I cam across this rock lying amongst the pebbles below the cliffs just south of Northcott Mouth near a recent rockfall (probably caused by the recent succession of winter storms). I generally stay away from the base of the cliffs on the Culm Coast as it is not uncommon for loose rocks to come down, but on this occasion I took my chances.

With a little enhancement the bare sandstone looks like gold, which is how I had pre visualised the finished picture when taking the shot.

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