Westward Ho!
-North Devon
I grew up in North Devon tis a beautiful place.
I stayed in Westward Ho! for 10 days and visited my family
The village name comes from the title of Charles Kingsley's novel Westward Ho!.
The exclamation mark is therefore an intentional part of the village name.
It is the only such place name in the British Isles
The rocks are of Upper Carboniferous age.
The rocks are of Upper Carboniferous age. The rocks were tilted during the Variscan Orogeny,
in the present day they dip at 50-70 degrees north and south. 
The wave-cut platform is an example of a multi-scale fault system,
The wave-cut platform is an example of a multi-scale fault system, with the phases of tectonic activity exposed at low tide.
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