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My Word of the Day today is SKERRY. Read the definition at 👉 https://t.co/VwBYVBtIE3
Share YOUR words to describe this picture in the comments!
#WordOfTheDay #PocketIreland #Photography #vocabulary #IrishLandscape #SeaPhotography #SeaStack #OceanWaves #IrishCoast
Epic Mizithres View 💙 Towering sea stacks rising from the electric turquoise waters of Zakynthos — pure Ionian magic ✨
Would you hike here for this view?
#Mizithres #Zakynthos #Zante #Greece #GreekIslands #IonianSea #SeaStack #TurquoiseWater #VisitGreece #TravelGreece
Powerful Atlantic waves crashing against ancient sea stack in Fanad 🌊⚓️
📍Co. Donegal, Ireland ☘️
📸 Asif Shaoor
#Fanad #Ireland #Donegal #Wildatlanticway #Seastack
Waterford's "Secret Cove" or "Mick's Cove". The sea stack is also known as the "Giant Needle". It is absolutely beautiful 🌊🌊
📍Co. Waterford - Ireland ☘️
📸 Gary Cummins
#Seastack #Waterford #Ireland
"Dún Briste Sea Stack" 🌊🌊
📍Co. Mayo-Éire 🇮🇪
📸 irishdroneadventures
#SeaStack #Mayo #Dúnbriste #Ireland #Wildatlanticway
Dun Briste
Downpatrick Head, Mayo
#dunbriste #downpatrick #seastack #seascape #water #clouds #cloudscape #Mayo #visitireland #discoverireland #travel #explore
@ThePhotoHour
In Geology ✔️ Mineralogy - Botany
#DownpatrickHead #Geology #SeaStack #LayeredSedimentaryRock
Downpatrick Head: Ireland’s Dramatic Sea Stack of Dún Briste
▶️ Standing defiantly against the Atlantic’s fury, Downpatrick Head in County Mayo is a geological marvel where history, legend, and raw natural power collide.
Have you ever witnessed a sea stack that tells a 350-million-year story?
▶️ Formation Story
Dún Briste, or "Broken Fort," is a 45-meter-tall sea stack located 80 meters off Downpatrick Head.
According to local lore
it was severed from the mainland in 1393 during a violent storm, stranding a pagan chieftain who refused to convert to Christianity after St. Patrick struck the ground with his crozier.
Historical records suggest
the residents were rescued using ships’ ropes. This dramatic separation left behind a flat-topped tower, now a haven for seabirds and a symbol of nature’s relentless force.
▶️ Geological Information
The cliffs and Dún Briste were formed approximately 350 million years ago during the Lower Carboniferous Period, when warm, shallow seas covered what is now Ireland.
The layered, sedimentary rock
of the sea stack, primarily limestone, reflects deposition in a tropical marine environment far from today’s coastline.
Contrary to some claims
the stack itself did not take millions of years to form as a distinct feature; geologists estimate its separation from the mainland occurred rapidly, likely within tens to hundreds of thousands of years, with the 1393 storm accelerating erosion through an existing arch.
The surrounding cliffs
showcase stratified rock, with visible striations highlighting millennia of sedimentation.
Nearby, Poll na Seantainne
a dramatic blowhole, plunges into the ocean, carved by relentless wave action eroding weaker rock layers.
The area’s geology
part of Ireland’s diverse tectonic history, traces back to the collision of Laurentia and Gondwana, forming the supercontinent Pangaea.
▶️ Interesting Fact
In 1980, scientists, including Dr. Seamus Caulfield, landed on Dún Briste’s summit by helicopter, discovering remnants of two medieval stone buildings and a quern stone used for grinding corn.
This suggests the stack
was inhabited or used agriculturally before its separation, offering a rare glimpse into life on this now-isolated rock.
🔎 Have you visited Downpatrick Head or another sea stack?
❤️🔁 Like & Share your experience or tell us which geological wonder you’d love to explore next!
🎞️ Downpatrick Head, Mayo | Ireland
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On Thursday we’ll be in the Foula for a week then 10 days on Mainland, Shetland. Edinburgh can GTF til the end of July, I’m ready for some fresh hom air and family time.
#shetland #foula #family #home #seastack #myhappyplace #sunset #takingcareofme
The ultimate rock garden - a seastack off the coast of Tory Island, Donegal 📍
📸 Paul McGahon
#Seastack #ToryIsland #Donegal #Ireland
Beautiful Orkney light in #SouthRonaldsay today at #windwick and #burwick @NLFerries @orkneycom @BBCWthrWatchers @VisitScotland #seastack #ClettOfCrura
https://t.co/Q88WoUMfXW #stacafarraige #staca #farraige #seastack #téarmaanlae #termoftheday #téarmaíocht #terminology #téarma #term #teanga #language #gaeilge #Irish
📷 le caoinchead ó Chaosheng Zhang
Troubled Waters https://t.co/sxpSoEDivF
#TroubledWaters #BillGallagherPhotography
#SharkFinCove #Arch #Waves #SeaStack #PacificOcean #California #Nature #Rugged #Rocky #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #BillGallagher
Dun Bristé sits just off the cliffs at Downpatrick Head of the #WildAtlanticWay signature discovery points.
Discover more: https://t.co/ld6wcimKfF
📷Sinéad Nunez
#seastack #Folklore
'Rugged Realms'
[ ISO 800 ● 120mm ● f/4 ● 1/2500s ]
Prints available at: https://t.co/1OvEx4CcdN.
#beach #erosion #sunset #westcoast #landscape #seastack #beachlife
![chapman_photo's tweet photo. 'Rugged Realms'
[ ISO 800 ● 120mm ● f/4 ● 1/2500s ]
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A Tribute to the Sea Stack at Bako National Park in Sarawak - https://t.co/dpnpaqFucE #SeaStack #SarawakSeaStack #BakoSeaStack #SeaStackSarawak #SeaStackBako #Sarawak #MalaysiaTrulyAsia #CobraSeaStack #Malaysia #Borneo #SarawakMoretoDiscover
A mother nature marvel,the legendary Bako National Park's iconic Sea Stack has fallen to the sea embrace following its collapse from a big wave yesterday according to @sfcsarawak
📍Bako National Park,Sarawak
#MalaysiaTrulyAsia #InilahMasanya #CutiCutiMalaysia #Sarawak #SeaStack
The Iconic 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤 has collapsed and is gone! This happened just a few days ago: https://t.co/jJu9QDeyMN #seastack #sarawak #sarawakseastack #seastacksarawak #kuching #bakonationalpark #visitsarawak
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