The Purbeck Hills, also called the Purbeck Ridge or simply the Purbecks, are a ridge of chalk downs in Dorset, England. The ridge is formed by the structure...
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Geography of Dorset (section Purbeck Hills)
surrounded by hills, including the two highest points in the county, Lewesdon Hill (279 metres) and Pilsdon Pen (277 metres). The Purbeck Hills are a line...
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The Isle of Purbeck is a peninsula in Dorset, England. It is bordered by water on three sides: the English Channel to the south and east, where steep...
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Corfe Castle (village) (category Isle of Purbeck)
castle of the same name. The village and castle stand over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The village lies in the gap...
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Dorset Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum Purbeck District, a local government district in the English county of Dorset Purbeck Hills, a range of hills in...
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chalk, which forms the Purbeck Hills. These steeply dipping rocks are part of the Lulworth crumple, itself part of the broader Purbeck Monocline, produced...
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Ridgeway Hill, also referred to as Grange Hill or Steeple Hill, is the third highest point of the Purbeck Hills in the county of Dorset standing at 199...
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Corfe Castle (category Isle of Purbeck)
Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The first phase was one of...
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and Bath, the Mendip Hills (Black Down: 325 m [1,066 ft]) are the first group of hills in South West England. The Purbeck Hills (and their continuation...
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Creech Grange (category Isle of Purbeck)
country house in Steeple, south of Wareham in Dorset at the foot of the Purbeck Hills. Historic England designate it as a Grade I listed building. The park...
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known as the Purbeck-Isle of Wight Disturbance. The monocline continues under the English Channel as the Wight-Bray Monocline. The Purbeck Hills run east–west...
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the rivers and sea. This band is bordered by two bands of chalk, the Purbeck Hills and Isle of Wight to the south, and the Dorset Downs and South Downs...
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Tyneham (category Isle of Purbeck)
two ridges of the Purbeck Hills. To the north is the main ridge with Povington Hill (191 m; 627 ft) and its highest point, Ridgeway Hill (199 m; 653 ft)...
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the Poole suburb of Hamworthy. It is the second largest town in the Purbeck Hills. The town is built around a road junction where the Blandford to Hamworthy...
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Nine Barrow Down (category Isle of Purbeck)
Nine Barrow Down is an elongated hill forming the northern ridge of the Purbeck Hills on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The chalk down is part...
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Purbeck was a local government district in Dorset, England. The district was named after the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula that forms a large proportion...
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Swyre Head (category Hills of Dorset)
to the Isle of Wight, as well as north across the Purbeck Hills to Poole Harbour and the other Purbeck Marilyn, Nine Barrow Down. To the west, the folly...
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Dorset, England. It is part of Bovington Garrison and is located on the Purbeck Ridge between the villages of East and West Lulworth. The camp lies immediately...
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area is geographically varied, comprising the steep chalk ridge of the Purbeck Hills, the gently undulating Corfe and Swan Vales, the coastal slope at Kimmeridge...
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running from south-west to south-east, incorporating the Purbeck Hills. Between the chalk hills are large, wide vales and wide flood plains. These vales...
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The Stonehill Down Nature Reserve is a downland nature reserve on the Purbeck Hills in the county of Dorset, England. It is managed by the Dorset Wildlife...
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The main concentration of ball clay in Dorset is to the north of the Purbeck Hills centred on Norden. Ball clays are sedimentary in origin. Approximately...
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Swanage. The village of Kingston is situated on a hill near Swyre Head, the highest point of the Purbeck Hills. The village is surrounded by woods and stands...
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Povington Hill, at 198 metres (650 ft) high, is one of the highest points on the chain of the Purbeck Hills in south Dorset on the southern coast of England...
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Down Ballard Point The Pinnacles Parson's Barn Old Harry Rocks Purbeck Hills Isle of Purbeck Geology of Dorset Geology of the United Kingdom List of fossil...
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east is Bournemouth. Further to the south is the chalk ridge of the Purbeck Hills, and 10 miles (16 km) to the south is the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage...
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Lilliput, Dorset (redirect from Evening Hill)
shoreline within Poole Harbour with views of Brownsea Island and the Purbeck Hills. Brownsea Island stands opposite Lilliput's harbour foreshore and is...
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the parish church for the village of Kingston, located on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. The church is a notable example of the Gothic Revival style...
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Edward was killed on Ælfthryth's estate in the Gap of Corfe in the Purbeck Hills in Dorset on the evening of 18 March 978. The only detailed pre-Conquest...
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Highdown Gardens and Cissbury Ring in Worthing and Nine Barrow Down in the Purbeck Hills, Dorset. The tower represents sails billowing in the wind, a design...
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