Foulness Island level, which was above the danger level for this part of the Essex coast. This level in itself was not a danger to the island, as the sea walls had been raised and strengthened between 1951 and 1952 by the War Office, and were above mean sea level. However, the high water was accompanied by strong winds, creating large waves, which broke over the top of the defences, washing away the earth banks on the inland side of the walls. Two sections of the wall breached, from Rugwood Head to Asplin's Head on the eastern side of the island, and
Lambay Island Lambay Island Lambay, sometimes referred to as Lambay Island (; called in ) lies in the Irish Sea off the coast of north County Dublin in Ireland. It is offshore from the headland at Portrane and is the easternmost point of the province of Leinster. Similarly named places are Lamba in the Faroe Islands and Lamba in Shetland. Ptolemy's "Geography" (2nd century AD) described an island called Εδρου ("Edrou"). PIE *"sed"- ‘to sit, settle’ had descendants in many languages, including Greek ἑδρα ("hedra") ‘sitting place’ whose many specific uses included ‘base for ships’. Lambay Island is the largest island off