Dún Briste
Dún Briste (English: Dun Briste Sea Stack) is a natural sea stack or pilaster - in geomorphology called stack - that was formed in Ireland during the Carboniferous period, possibly Mississippian, approximately 350 million years ago.[1]
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History
[edit]Its creation took place in the year 1393 when a strong high tide cloud broke it and left it stranded near the sea.[citation needed]
Evidence that it was once part of the mainland was presented in 1980 by researchers who landed on it and carried out surveys, where they found stone buildings and remains of sheep crossings.[2][3]
When the Dún Briste formation was still not separate from the Cape, the Irish Patriarch built one of Ireland's first churches.[4] During the World War II the nearby house served as a lookout post for the Irish Coast Guard.[5]
Description
[edit]It lies precisely on the head of Downpatrick Head, 5 kilometres from the town of Ballycastle in County Mayo, Ireland.[6] At a distance of 20 metres and 228 metres deep, it lies just above the sea. It is 45 metres high, 63 metres wide and 23 metres wide.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dun Briste Sea Stack". Downpatrick Head.
- ^ Miller, Iain (July 5, 2022). "Dún Bristé Sea Stack".
- ^ Laura Geggel (February 15, 2018). "That Sea Stack from Reddit Didn't Take 'Millions of Years' to Form". livescience.com.
- ^ "Dún Briste, la roca sola ante el Atlántico". Viajes National Geographic. April 24, 2022.
- ^ "Dun Briste, un precioso rincón de …". vicmun.com.
- ^ "Downpatrick Head". Ireland.com.
- ^ "Dun Briste: una impresionante pila del mar en Irlanda". Vista al Mar. December 16, 2015.
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