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Le Whin Sill est un sill situé au Royaume-Uni, dans le nord de l'Angleterre. Il forme un escarpement plus ou moins prononcé dans le paysage. En certains endroits, les hauteurs sont utilisées comme positions stratégiques défensives : les châteaux de Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh, Lindisfarne ou encore le mur d'Hadrien. En d'autres, des vallons et gorges ont entaillé la couche de roche : , , , etc. (fr) The Whin Sill or Great Whin Sill is a tabular layer of the igneous rock dolerite in County Durham, Northumberland and Cumbria in the northeast of England. It lies partly in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and partly in Northumberland National Park and stretches from Teesdale northwards towards Berwick. It is one of the key natural features of the North Pennines. A major outcrop is at the High Force waterfall in Teesdale. Bamburgh Castle, Dunstanburgh Castle, Lindisfarne Castle and stretches of Hadrian's Wall all strategically take advantage of high, rocky cliff lines formed by the sill. The Whin Sill complex is usually divided into three components: , and the , which were created by separate magma flows, but at about the same time. The is an associated formation to the south, in Weardale. (en) De Whin Sill is een sill in Northumberland, Engeland. (nl) |
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Le Whin Sill est un sill situé au Royaume-Uni, dans le nord de l'Angleterre. Il forme un escarpement plus ou moins prononcé dans le paysage. En certains endroits, les hauteurs sont utilisées comme positions stratégiques défensives : les châteaux de Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh, Lindisfarne ou encore le mur d'Hadrien. En d'autres, des vallons et gorges ont entaillé la couche de roche : , , , etc. (fr) De Whin Sill is een sill in Northumberland, Engeland. (nl) The Whin Sill or Great Whin Sill is a tabular layer of the igneous rock dolerite in County Durham, Northumberland and Cumbria in the northeast of England. It lies partly in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and partly in Northumberland National Park and stretches from Teesdale northwards towards Berwick. The Whin Sill complex is usually divided into three components: , and the , which were created by separate magma flows, but at about the same time. The is an associated formation to the south, in Weardale. (en) |
