Old Harry Rocks are three chalk formations, including a stack and a stump, located at Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, southern England...
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journalist Carl Feilberg (1844–1887) Old Harry oil field, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, Canada Old Harry Rocks, chalk formation at Handfast Point...
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of Swanage, the chalk outcrop creates the headland which includes Old Harry Rocks. The converse of a discordant coastline is a concordant coastline....
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Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, England The Needles, Isle of Wight, England Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England South Stack, Anglesey Am Buachaille, Sutherland Duncansby...
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the Purbeck Monocline, and extends from Lulworth Cove in the west to Old Harry Rocks in the east, where it meets the sea. The hills are part of a system...
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blue Chalk Milkwort (Polygala calcarea). In late May the field near Old Harry Rocks has a carpet of yellow Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria). Blue and...
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Jurassic Coast stretches from Orcombe Point near Exmouth in East Devon to Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in East Dorset, a distance of 96 miles (154 km). Inscribed...
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Scilly North Binness Island Langstone Harbour Northey Island Essex Old Harry Rocks Dorset Osea Island Essex Outer Trial Bank Lincolnshire Pewit Island...
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Jurassic Coast; the designated area continues into Dorset as far as the Old Harry Rocks near Swanage. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local...
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contiguous with the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset—the Needles on Wight and Old Harry Rocks on Purbeck are the last remnant of this connection. Ten thousand years...
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between what is now west Dorset and the present day Isle of Wight. Old Harry Rocks, just offshore from the dip slope of the down, and The Needles on the...
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Swanage Bay Ballard Down Ballard Point The Pinnacles Parson's Barn Old Harry Rocks Purbeck Hills Isle of Purbeck Geology of Dorset Geology of the United...
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Lange Anna on Heligoland, while, in England, a prominent example are Old Harry Rocks in Dorset. Furthermore, on a rocky cliffed coast wave action is not...
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civil parish had a population of 9,601. Nearby are Ballard Down and Old Harry Rocks, with Studland Bay and Poole Harbour to the north. Within the parish...
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Cottage Hod Hill Kingston Lacy Lambert's Castle Lewesdon Hill Max Gate Old Harry Rocks Pilsdon Pen Portland House Spyway Studland Beach White Mill Bourne...
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his ashes were subsequently scattered into the English Channel at Old Harry Rocks, the most eastern point of the Jurassic Coast and about 3.5 miles (5...
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Dorset (category Articles containing Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text)
cove (Lulworth Cove), a natural arch (Durdle Door) and chalk stacks (Old Harry Rocks). Jutting out into the English Channel at roughly the midpoint of the...
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an island. The Needles, along with Old Harry Rocks on Purbeck, represent the edges of this breach. All the rocks found on the island are sedimentary...
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cattle help to maintain the area. Bournemouth is directly north of Old Harry Rocks, the easternmost end of the Jurassic Coast, 96 miles (155 km) of coastline...
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eroded. A narrow (less than 30 metres (98 ft)) band of Portland limestone rocks forms the shoreline. Behind this is a narrow (less than 50 metres (160 ft))...
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Heritage Site) Lulworth Castle, Lulworth Cove Kimmeridge Nine Barrow Down Old Harry Rocks Poole Harbour, Purbeck Heritage Coast Smedmore Hill, South West Coast...
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chalk Ballard Down, the eastern tip of which has been eroded to form Old Harry Rocks – a series of stacks, arches and caves jutting into the sea between...
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forming Ballard Cliff (near Swanage), Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. At Old Harry Rocks (east of Studland and north of Swanage) these strata lines moving from...
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kilometres (95 mi) from Orcombe Point near Exmouth in the west to Old Harry Rocks in the east. The coastal exposures provide a continuous sequence of...
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as at Flamborough Head, the White Cliffs of Dover, Seven Sisters, Old Harry Rocks (Purbeck) and The Needles on the Isle of Wight. The Chalk, which once...
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and members of the public sail from the mouth of the River Frome to Old Harry Rocks to confirm the mayor's authority over the water boundaries of the harbour...
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and Portland Bill (partly AL) Kimmeridge Lulworth Cove Nothe Fort Old Harry Rocks Osmington Mills Ringstead Bay Rufus Castle Sandsfoot Castle South West...
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and east of Westbourne. On clear days views of the Isle of Wight and Old Harry Rocks can be seen. Along the beach there are beach huts and a Harvester,...
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Worth Matravers Dancing Ledge Anvil Point Tilly Whim Caves Durlston Bay Peveril Point Swanage Ballard Point The Pinnacles Parson's Barn Old Harry Rocks...
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Needles, Isle of Wight Old Harry Rocks, Dorset Penninis, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly Pulpit Rock, Isle of Portland, Dorset Tar Rocks, Isle of Portland, Dorset...
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