Dane's Dyke :
Jutting out miles into the North Sea, the
headland has in the past been effectively
cut off by the construction, in the Iron
Age, of the erroneously named Danes’ Dyke,
which encloses five square miles of the
peninsula. The end of the Dyke is a deep
ravine on the south side of the Headland,
where it exits into Bridlington Bay (the
photograph at left shows the beach at the
end of the Dyke). There are a number of
nature trails in the Dyke which can be
accessed easily from the car park off the
main Bridlington to Flamborough Road.
Although visible across the entire
headland, the Dyke is not such a prominent
feature as it approaches the northern side
and, seaward of Bempton Cliffs, is barely
noticeable.
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