The Cobb wall in Lyme Regis shelters the harbour. It’s a veritable patchwork of rock, stone, cement and tarmac that’s developed over the years. I took some photos the other day for another project, and here is an offshoot!
Steps up onto the high wall of the Cobb, once level and now worn down by centuries of foot traffic.
Dressed stone block on top of the Cobb wall with corrugations, perhaps to let the water drain off.
Soft limestone slabs, scratched and scarred by many years of passing traffic, just outside the Lifeboat Station.
Flint pebbles from the nearby beach set in a hard-wearing pavement near the buildings on the Cobb.
Stone slabs worn smooth by many feet on the low wall of the Cobb, patched with more modern repairs of rough cement.
Dressed stone block on top of the Cobb wall, with peck marks and a keyhole to allow a chain to be fixed, during quarrying or construction.
While this cement patch was soft, a person and a dog left their trace behind, perhaps for many years into the future?
All over the top of the wall, cement repairs have been inscribed with names and dates. Are Jon and Nicola still together?
Bivalve and gastropod shell fossil casts in low-grade Portland stone. The wall was built in the late 18th century, but the rock dates from about 150 million years ago.
Ancient and modern - tarmac patching, old cobbles and concrete pointing
Granite setts forming a more resistant trackway along the road for horse and cart
Neatly dressed stone blocks facing the east side of the Cobb wall. Put together with care to withstand the weather and tides.
Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, United Kingdom