The Holderness Coastline.
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... DME- The Holderness Coastline. Introduction The Holderness Coastline is eroding much faster than any other coastline in Britain as it is made from boulder clay. 100,000 year ago an ice sheet covered parts of Europe pushing with it sand, shingle and rocks (this made up the boulder clay). The boulder clay was left by the city York when the ice sheet retreated. This made the Holderness coastline. Many people immigrated to the Holderness Coastline as the boulder clay was good for farming as it was much softer than other lands. Throughout the years the coastline has been eroding away effecting many towns and villages. Barnston village is being worn away as there is nothing of great importance there. Mappleton town on the other hand has rock groynes costing £10000 each to protect the town. Cowden farm is being worn away as a result of the groynes at Mappleton village; there is no














