| The decaying coral accumulated on the sea bed to | Plate collision fractured and folded limestone and a | The dinosaurs arrived, and then became extinct. |
| form hard limestones which would eventually come | range (Dartmoor) was created to the north of the Bay | The climate swung from ice ages to warm spells. |
| to form limiting arms of Tor Bay - Hopes Nose | Storms washed rocks and stones down into the Bay's | With water running off the northern ranges, tunnels |
| and Berry Head. | plaines, and the iron oxodised the limestone creating | and caves were eroded into the limestone. Half a |
| the famous red sandstones. | million years ago, humans sheltered in the caves. |
| Standing at 60M above sea level, Berry Head is | A most important geological location. Saltern and | Kents Cavern is regarded as a very important site |
| a large headland of Devonian limestone. High | Waterside Coves are easily accessible and show | of the Quarternary period. The Devonian limestone |
| sea levels during the Quaternary period created | extensive sections of Upper & Lower Devonian beds | was eroded by water over millions of years and |
| this high level marine platform. Water eroded | | the passages and caves were created. Iron oxide |
| the limestone through the rock fissures and sea | The site shows Permian rocks having been deposited | filtered into the limestone to create reddish- |
| caves were created - they can be viewed from | on top of Lower Devonian rocks by plate movement. | brown calcite formations. |
| the Brixham/Dartmouth ferries. | Fossil burrows found near Waterside Cove offer | Fossils found here include those of sabre-toothed |
| evidence of life within the Permian deserts. | tigers, cave bear, mamoth, and wooly rhinoceros. |
