Borrow Dyke
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Borrow Dyke by Roger Jones as part of the Geograph project.
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Borrow Dyke
Image: © Roger Jones Taken: 1 Apr 2012
What appears to be a borrow dyke, just behind the river defences near Stow Creek. A borrow dyke is created when digging out soil alongside the river bank and placing it along the edge of the tidal riverside to make the raised seawall (or river defence) known as a "dyke”. The void left by digging out the soil to make the defensive dyke is called a “borrow dyke”. Borrow dykes are often brackish with fresh water from the surrounding area mixing with seawater which seeps through the dyke.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.644831
Longitude
0.662327