A Study of Sea Defenses Along the Lincolnshire Coastline after the 1953 Floods
For my project I am going to look at sea defences along the
Lincolnshire coastline since the 1953 floods. I will look at what
defences are currently in place and how, if at all, they have changed
since the floods in 1953. I am going to look at the beaches at Huttoft
and Sutton on Sea which are located on the Lincolnshirecoastline.
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Lincolnshire coastline where I am looking for changes in sea defences
since 1953.
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The location of Huttoft and Sutton on Sea
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[IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE]As I am looking at the sea defences I will not
need to collect very much raw data. I will take notes on how the sea
defences work and document them in my project. I will need to collect
mainly photographs of sea defences that are in place on the two
beaches. I will collect these using a digital camera for myself which
is primary data and using pictures from other sources e.g. other
people in my group and websites that may already have pictures of sea
defences which would be secondary data. I have also collected
measurements of the beach itself using raging pole and a clinometer.
Ranging poles and clinometer.
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Ranging poles
To take angles of the slopes on a beach and therefore record its
profile you need to place the two ranging poles a set distance apart,
4m will be fine, and then stand at one pole with the clinometer and
level it up with one of the lines on the pole. Then you look through
the clinometer and line up the line inside with the same point on the
other ranging pole and read off the angle that is displayed. Another
way of taking measurements of the angles of a beach is to use a
gradometer which you simply place on the ground and read off the