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Slapton is a village in Devon, England, between Kingsbridge and Dartmouth. The nearby beach, known as Slapton Sands, is today noted as a naturist beach, but in 1944 was the site of the ill-fated Exercise Tiger. A Sherman tank that was sunk in this action has been recovered and now stands on the beach. Behind the beach is Slapton Ley, a nature reserve and good example of serial or ecological succession — the process whereby open water becomes reedbed and eventually, as silt and leaf litter builds up, woodland. The beach itself is a good example of a bar: the material that makes up the beach was pushed up by the rising sea levels during the Flandrian transgression after the last glacial period (from 10000 to 5000 years ago). A similar process formed Chesil Beach. Beaches formed like this are reworked by coastal processes now but are not supplied by enough material to recreate them, should material be removed. This had terrible consequences nearby at Hallsands where most of the beach was removed as building material for Devonport Dockyards, leaving the village exposed to storms. It was struck by a storm in 1917 and most of the village was washed away although fortunately no villagers were killed.

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	'''Slapton''' is a village in [[Devon]], [[England]], between [[Kingsbridge]] and [[Dartmouth, Devon\|Dartmouth]]. The nearby beach, known as '''Slapton Sands''', is today noted as a [[naturist]] beach, but in [[1944]] was the site of the ill-fated [[Exercise Tiger]]. A Sherman tank that was sunk in this action has been recovered and now stands on the beach. Behind the beach is Slapton Ley, a nature reserve and good example of serial or [[ecological succession]] — the process whereby open water becomes reedbed and eventually, as silt and leaf litter builds up, woodland. The beach itself is a good example of a [[bar (landform)\|bar]]: the material that makes up the beach was pushed up by the rising sea levels during the [[Flandrian]] [[transgression]] after the last glacial period (from 10000 to 5000 years ago). A similar process formed [[Chesil Beach]]. Beaches formed like this are reworked by coastal processes now but are not supplied by enough material to recreate them, should material be removed. This had terrible consequences nearby at [[Hallsands]] where most of the beach was removed as building material for Devonport Dockyards, leaving the village exposed to storms. It was struck by a storm in [[1917]] and most of the village was washed away although fortunately no villagers were killed.		'''Slapton''' is a village in [[Devon]], [[England]], between [[Kingsbridge]] and [[Dartmouth, Devon\|Dartmouth]]. The nearby beach, known as '''Slapton Sands''', is today noted as a [[naturist]] beach, but in [[1944]] was the site of the ill-fated [[Exercise Tiger]]. A Sherman tank that was sunk in this action has been recovered and now stands on the beach. Behind the beach is [[Slapton Ley]], a nature reserve and good example of serial or [[ecological succession]] — the process whereby open water becomes reedbed and eventually, as silt and leaf litter builds up, woodland. The beach itself is a good example of a [[bar (landform)\|bar]]: the material that makes up the beach was pushed up by the rising sea levels during the [[Flandrian]] [[Transgression (geology)\|transgression]] after the last glacial period (from 10000 to 5000 years ago). A similar process formed [[Chesil Beach]]. Beaches formed like this are reworked by coastal processes now but are not supplied by enough material to recreate them, should material be removed. This had terrible consequences nearby at [[Hallsands]] where most of the beach was removed as building material for Devonport Dockyards, leaving the village exposed to storms. It was struck by a storm in [[1917]] and most of the village was washed away although fortunately no villagers were killed.

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