Kettleness

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Kettleness Point is prominent across Runswick Bay. The headland was disfigured by 19th Century alum workings and still has only sparse vegetation, but provides a nesting ground for sea birds. In 1829, disaster was narrowly averted when the whole village collapsed in a landslide. There was enough warning for the villagers and workers to escape to a nearby ship off the shore. Within 5 years the alum works were rebuilt and the workers homes replaced.