Sea-shore Alluvion—Calshot and Hurst Beaches

Abstract

WESTWARD of Brighton; Shoreham Harbour, Portsmouth, Southampton, and the Solent roadstead, all derive protection from shingle moles thrown up to windward of their entrances, the most remarkable of which, Calshot and Hurst Points, have each one of Henry VIII.'s stone castles at their extremities. The first incloses a large tidal estuary (Owers Lake) at the entrance to Southampton water, and forms a pier covering, the entrance to that fine natural harbour from the south-west.