Craze Naze, Bay Ness, Coast to Coast
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Craze Naze Waterfall, the product of a spring about 1/2 mile south west, issuing from the far side of the Cinder Track
Craze Naze, Bay Ness, Coast to Coast
A little way north of Castle Chamber and Cow & Calf is an area of coastline where there used to be extensive jet mine workings. The coastline features supporting such ventures are Nigh Jetticiks, Craze Naze, Clock Case Nab and Far Jetticks. Far Jetticks is not shown on the standard OS Maps, although it does appear on the "Get Outside" digital Maps. It can be located on standard OS maps by looking for Homerell Hole, which indicates the deep bay immediately east of Nigh Jetticks.
Rain Dale is above the cliffs opposite Clock Case Nab. Far Jetticks is about 1 mile south east of Hawsker Bottoms and the Northcliffe Holiday Park. A path from the coast, through Rain Dale, is only 200 yards from the Cinder Track.
Craze Naze and Clock Case Nab
The twin jutting promontories of Craze Naze and Clock Case Nab jut out into the North Sea. Craze Naze is the nearer of the two, displaying a waterfall from Craze Naze Slack. Craze Naze borders Homerell Hole to its east. Nigh Jetticks is a disused Jet Mining area found on the foreshaw below Craze Naze. Naze is the old English term for promontory. Craze describes the bizarre patterning found in the rocks. The far headland is that of Normanby Stye Batts.
Jet Mine Scarring Nigh Jetticks
The strata of the cliffs of Craze Naze and Clock Case Nab included jet, which has been mined at Far Jetticks and Nigh Jetticks since Bronze Age times. In the 1800's there was a boom in the jet industry following Queen Victoria's fondness of the mineral for use as ornaments and jewellery. The manner of jet mining on the coast was dangerous, involving the diggijng of adits into the cliff face. Often the jet strata was below high tide sea level. The foreshore is scarred with the remains of different mining activities such as mines, adits, waste tips, dumps, spoil heaps and so on. These would be in the cliff tops, in the cliff face and in the foreshore.
Foreshore at Clock Case Nab
As with Craze Naze and Nigh Jetticks, so for Clock Case Nab. The cliff face and foreshore both bear reminders of the adventurous past with jet mining. Because of the danger exposed to miners the mining of jet along these cliffs was made illegal some time ago. The adits and mines have been sealed up, as they were liable to collapse and little evidence is now visible as to the remains of the cliff top mines.
Meadow above Clock Case Nab
The rough ground amd gorse shrubbery are part of Rain Dale. The Coast to Coast path follows the cliff edge and a path can be seen cutting off to follow Rain Dale to the Cinder Track. There are two prominent waterfalls tumbling over the cliffs, the nearest being Rain Dale Beck and the farthest being Craze Naze Slack. The image was taken from Far Jetticks.
Cliff Top Mining Craze Naze
The cliff edges of Craze Naze and Clock Case Nab illustrate evidence of sealed up adits and mines, waste and spoil dumps, etc. Whitby Jet was found, and mined, along a 7.5 mile length of coastline north from Robin Hood's Bay to Whitby and beyond. Whitby Jet is very rare. Coastal Jet is far harder than inland jet. Jet is the fossilised wood of monkey puzzle trees.
Craze Naze Slack
Craze Naze Slack runs along a narrow hollow in a straight line from the Cinder Track. The spring from which it issues is about 20 metres west of the far side of the Track. It leads directly to the cliff face, and in wet weather it plunges over the cliff edge in a torrented spout to the rocks below
Craze Naze Slack at the Cliff Edge
Craze Naze Slack completes its short journey to the North Sea by plunging over the cliffs of Craze Naze with a gushing spout to fall in several drops down the sheer cliff face. When the wind is strong the waterfall is often seen to mix with huge updrafts blowing back up the cliff.
Coast to Coast Trail Guide
Hiking the Coast to Coast
"Hiking the Coast to Coast" is a digitally enhanced eBook available from Apple Books for all people who have either a Mac, an iPhone or an iPad, and is designed to accompany you on your walk of the Coast to Coast path. The trail guide contains Ordnance Survey maps and other advanced mapping features, step by step directions, hundreds of colour photographs, details of the route, its conditions in different weather and research snippets relating to places of interest along the way.
