Dog and owner narrowly escape deadly historic landslide on Isle of Wight

MOMENT a dog and its owner were recorded dangerously close to a landslide on October 15, as local news reported that a Victorian battery wall collapsed along Yaverland Beach in Sandown, Isle of Wight.

Footage shot by Martin Cottle shows a man going after his unleashed dog just as part of the cliff starts to collapse.

Cottle told Storyful he was ready to start recording after hearing “a big crack” come from the cliff, which sounded like thunder.

Additional footage shared by Cottle shows a significant portion of the cliff come crashing down, which local news said included part of a wall that formed the Red Cliff Battery.

The historic battery was one of the many Palmerston Forts built in the 1860s and ’70s to protect the island from a “perceived French invasion,” local news said.

Most of the battery had already fallen into the sea before the October 15 collapse, according to Isle of Wight Radio.

The Isle of Wight Council confirmed with local news that the beach will not be closed.

A spokesperson for the council said: "We would always advise the public to avoid walking close to the foot of cliffs to avoid any risk of harm should a fall occur.”

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