Sunday 17 June 2007

Seacombe cliff and close to it.


Seacombe cliff (owned by the national trust) is a large cliff on the south of England. Near it are afew other well known sites, such as, Dancing ledge, Blackers hole, West man and Winspit. The national trust own most of the area betweeen Seacombe and Durlston country park.The Purbeck coastline is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which recognises the importance of the landscape.



Dancing ledge.

Dancing ledge is a famous quarry near Seacombe cliff. The stone here was quarried from the cliff face during calm weather. Today the area is very popular for rock climbing. There are restrictions for climbing in certain parts during sea-bird mating season.

Blackers Hole.

Blackers hole is a large cave (see page stacks caves and arches) in the cliff that was caused by two things. Number one is stone quarrying from humans and number two is erodation from the sea.

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