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South Purbeck
South Purbeck is a natural region on the south coast of England. It lies wholly within the county of Dorset and forms part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, as well as lying entirely within the Dorset AONB. South Purbeck is a National Character Area, No. 136, as defined by the UK's natural environment body, Natural England. They describe the area as a "compact, but highly diverse landscape" that encompasses the southern part of the Isle of Purbeck and the coastal strip to the west, running from Swanage Bay via Lulworth Cove to Ringstead Bay. To the west of the area, along the coast, lie the Weymouth Lowlands The Weymouth Lowlands form a natural region on the south coast of England in the county of Dorset. Much of the area lies with the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. According to Natural England, who have designated the Weymouth Lowlands ... and to the north are the Dorset Heaths.National Character Area profile: ''136. South Purbeck'' by www.n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durdle Door Overview
Durdle Door (sometimes written Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England.West, I.W., 2003.Durdle Door; Geology of the Dorset Coast. Southampton University, UK. Version H.07.09.03. It is privately owned by the Weld Family who own the Lulworth Estate, but it is also open to the public. Geology The form of the coastline around Durdle Door is controlled by its geology—both by the contrasting hardnesses of the rocks, and by the local patterns of faults and folds.Nowell, D. A. G. "The geology of Lulworth Cove, Dorset." Geology Today 14 (1998): 71–74. The arch has formed on a concordant coastline where bands of rock run parallel to the shoreline. The rock strata are almost vertical, and the bands of rock are quite narrow. Originally a band of resistant Portland limestone ran along the shore, the same band that appears one mile along the coast forming the narrow entrance to Lulworth Cove. Behind this is a band of wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringstead Bay
__NOTOC__ Ringstead Bay, with the small village of Ringstead at the eastern end and the prominent headland of White Nothe at the western end, is located on the coast in Dorset, southern England. The area lies on the Jurassic Coast and is known for its natural environment and fossils. Ringstead Bay has a pebble and shingle beach with some sand. There are offshore reefs approximately in length at the western end opposite the village that are uncovered at low tide. This forms is intertidal zone between the low cliffs to the north and the English Channel to the south. The Ringstead Coral Bed a geological formation exposed at Ringstead Bay, hence the name. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. Immediately to the east are the white chalk cliffs of White Nothe, dominating the bay. Below is Burning Cliff. It is possible to walk to the top of White Nothe and back, with views of the bay and across to the Isle of Portland. It is also possible to walk to Ringstead Bay o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaldon Hill
Chaldon Hill, also called Chaldon Down, is one of the highest hills, , on South Dorset's Jurassic Coast in England. The summit is about west of Durdle Door. A bridleway crosses the hill just below the summit, whilst the South West Coast Path makes its way down the steep hillside to the beach heading for Durdle Door. At the summit is a tumulus and trig point. There are navigation beacons about to the southeast. The hill is flanked by two coastal headlands: White Nothe and Bat's Head.Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series, no. 194 History There is abundant evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area: tumuli to the south-west and east, a field system The study of field systems (collections of fields) in landscape history is concerned with the size, shape and orientation of a number of fields. These are often adjacent, but may be separated by a later feature. Field systems by region Czech Republ ... and earthwork to the north-east and two named barrows to the east: War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmeridge
Kimmeridge () is a small village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England. It is situated about south of Wareham and west of Swanage. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 90. Kimmeridge is a coastal parish and its coastline forms part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The coast is also part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the whole parish is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Kimmeridge is the type locality for Kimmeridge Clay, the geological formation that covers most of the parish. Within the clay are bands of bituminous shale, which in the history of the village have been the focus of several attempts to create an industrial centre. An oil well has operated on the shore of Kimmeridge Bay since 1959. The village is the origin of the name of the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic. The roughly semi-circular Kimmeridge Bay is southwest of Kimme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Brook
Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six living and many extinct species of swan; in addition, there is a species known as the coscoroba swan which is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, although "divorce" sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight. Etymology and terminology The English word ''swan'', akin to the German , Dutch and Swedish , is derived from Indo-European root ' ('to sound, to sing'). Young swans are known as '' cygnets'' or as '' swanlings''; the former derives via Old French or (diminutive suffix et 'l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Corfe
The Corfe River is one of the four main rivers flowing into Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England. It is just under long. Name The Saxon name for Corfe River was the ''Wichen''; this survives in the names of Wytch Farm, Upper Wych Channel, Wytch Heath and Wytch, or Wych, Lake. Wichen may have derived from ''wics'' which meant "dairy farm", an indication that the area may not always have been heathland. Course The Corfe River rises near North Egliston about west of the hamlet of Steeple, Dorset, Steeple, between the Purbeck Hills and the coastal ridge. The river initially flows eastwards towards Corfe Castle (village), Corfe Castle. Just before reaching the village it swings north-northeast through the gap in the Purbecks between West Hill and East Hill and continues across Wytch Heath before emptying into Wych (or Wytch) Lake on the southern side of Poole Harbour.OS topographic map, 1:25,000 series, No. OL15 Purbeck & South Dorset. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
