Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain

The coast-line along nearly the whole of the district pourtrayed on the present Map is rocky and precipitous. Here and there, as at Cockburns path, Coldingham, and Eyemouth, there are sandy bays bounded by gently sloping shores or by bluffs of lesser elevation. But by much the larger portion of the sea-margin is a precipitous cliff-line, hardly accessible save by boat. At Tun Law, to the west Of St. Abb's Head, it rises to a nearl vertical height of 500 feet, and forms thus.the highest range Of headlandl; on the east side of Scotland. This wild coast is worn by the incessant surge into caves and arches and solitary stacks the haunt of multitudes Of sea-fowl. The tides run swiftly round the headlands hence, even on the calmest summer day, when the surface Of the water is scarce roughened by a ripple, the white foam may yet be seen breaking over many a half sunk skerry, and mantling along the base of the clifi's. The forms of these precipices vary with the changes of geological structure, the most lofty and rugged being these of the convoluted Silurian strata, with their associated masses of igneous rock, while the most fantastic in outline and the richest in colouring are these of the red and mottled carboniferous sandstones.

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