In 1932 during the early stages of the construction of the undercliff sea wall between Brighton and Rottingdean, whereby the foot of the cliff has now been protected from marine erosion and its top from undue recession in future, opportunity was taken to examine the sections of Coombe Rock and Raised Beach exposed at Black Rock. The face of the cliff has been trimmed and sloped back here and there in the interests of promenaders beneath and, what with this and a certain amount of walling-up, the sections are now less clear and extensive than they were in the first stage of the work. At several points, however, the Raised Beach overlain by the Coombe Rock (“Elephant Bed”) is (April, 1936) well exposed, and its top and/or bottom may still be examined.