Bremore Head

Bremore Head is located 2.5km north of the town of Balbriggan. The Geological Survey Ireland as part of the http://www.cherishproject.eu/en/ is conducting unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and scanning total station (STS) surveys over a 0.3 km2 site to investigate the impacts of climate change on the 16th Century harbour of Newhaven and nearby eroding cliff face.](http://) The volcanic bedrock of the area formed approximately 460 million years ago during the closure of the Iapetus Ocean. The sediment that sits above this, and forms the eroding cliff-face near the old harbour is a sub-glacial till (commonly called boulder clay), laid down under an ice sheet approximately 20 thousand years ago. The harbour in the SE of the study area is defined by a 62m dry stone constructed pier, which extends from shoreline in a NE direction, running roughly parallel to the headland. This survey was completed over three flights using the microdrones md4-3000 at mid tide on 19/02/2019