Wave-cut notch in the eastern side of Bat's Head This wave-c…
| Title | Wave-cut notch in the eastern side of Bat's Head This wave-cut notch at the base of the cliffs on the eastern side of Bat's Head shows that the cliffs are actively being eroded. As well as physical erosion by sand-carrying waves, there may be some biological erosion too from the organisms living in the inter-tidal zone. The chalk at the bottom of the notch and on the platform is a very clean white as it is usually submerged. There is a discussion of this inter-tidal notch on Ian West's intnernet field guide to the Geology of the Wessex Coast. |
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| Date | 26 Dec 2006 00:00:00 |
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| Retrieved from source on | 18 Mar 2012 17:28:01 (UTC) |
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Bats Hole
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View west from Swyre Head. The chalk headland is called Bat's Head, and the small natural arch below it is called Bat's Hole. The stack in the bottom left is Butter Rock. On the horizon to the left is…
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Butter Rock, east of Bat's Head Looking southeast towards the Butter Rock stack - from this angle it looks angular and the wave-cut notch at its base on the left hand (east) side is quite obvious. The…
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Butter Rock, east of Bat's Head Looking southwest towards the Butter Rock stack - from this angle it looks broad and the wave-cut notch at its base is lost in shadow. In the foreground small waves tha…
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Butter Rock, east of Bat's Head. Butter Rock is a chalk stack (pinnacle) to the east of Bat's Head.
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Butter Rock and The Bat's Hole The natural arch of the Bat's Hole at the bottom of the Bats Head headland. the Butter Rock is a pillar of chalk. To the left is a rock known as the Cow - one of several…
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Bat's Hole natural arch This small natural arch and wave-cut notch are evidence of active erosion of the chalk headland named Bat's Head. Eventually the arch will collapse leaving a stack and erosion …
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Wave-cut notch in the eastern side of Bat's Head This wave-cut notch at the base of the cliffs on the eastern side of Bat's Head shows that the cliffs are actively being eroded. As well as physical er…
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Wave-cut platform and notch, immediately east of Bat's Head In the foreground is the chalk wave-cut platform, with its vertical seams of flints exposed. The wave-cut notch in the eastern side of the B…
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Bat's Head Looking west towards White Nothe and Weymouth and showing some of the succulent plants that manage to grow on the bear chalk.
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Bat's Head, Dorset
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Bat's Head, Dorset
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Bats Head, Bats Hole, Butter Rock & the Cow Cave,arch, stack, stump & headland
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Bat's head
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The top of Bat's Head
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Bat's Head Small chalk headland with a natural arch (Bat's Hole) & a sea cave,
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Bat's Head
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Bat's Head from Swyre Head
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Butter Rock from Bat's Hole
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Butter Rock from Bat's Hole Taken from inside Bat's Hole at low tide, showing the sea pillar called Butter Rock, with Swyre Head cliff behind.
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Bat's eye, South West Coast Path, Purbeck District, Dorset, South West England, England, United Kingdom osm
| City | Purbeck District |
| County | Dorset |
| Region | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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0 mBats Hole
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0 mView west from Swyre Head. The chalk headland is called Bat's Head, and the small natural arch below it is called Bat's Hole. The stack in the bottom left is Butter Rock. On the horizon to the left is the northern end of the Isle of Portland, across Weymouth Bay. For some reason there are two Swyre Heads on this part of the Dorset coastline, the other is in gridsquare SY9378. [Note: much of the east Dorset coastline has been rebranded as the "Jurassic Coast" even though much of it, like this portion, is Cretaceous rather than Jurassic.]
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0 mButter Rock, east of Bat's Head Looking southeast towards the Butter Rock stack - from this angle it looks angular and the wave-cut notch at its base on the left hand (east) side is quite obvious. The seams of flints in the chalk show that the strata are vertical, in common with the cliffs to the east of Bat's Head. Compare with this view from further east along the beach: 299719.
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0 mButter Rock, east of Bat's Head Looking southwest towards the Butter Rock stack - from this angle it looks broad and the wave-cut notch at its base is lost in shadow. In the foreground small waves that have passed the stack are breaking on the chalk beach platform. Compare with this view from further east along the beach: 299723.
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0 mButter Rock, east of Bat's Head. Butter Rock is a chalk stack (pinnacle) to the east of Bat's Head.
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0 mButter Rock and The Bat's Hole The natural arch of the Bat's Hole at the bottom of the Bats Head headland. the Butter Rock is a pillar of chalk. To the left is a rock known as the Cow - one of several harder rocks aligned with Durle Door and the Man'O War rocks. On the horizon is the Isle of Portland.
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0 mBat's Hole natural arch This small natural arch and wave-cut notch are evidence of active erosion of the chalk headland named Bat's Head. Eventually the arch will collapse leaving a stack and erosion of the headland will continue. The chalk strata are vertical here - as shown by the seams of flints.
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0 mWave-cut notch in the eastern side of Bat's Head This wave-cut notch at the base of the cliffs on the eastern side of Bat's Head shows that the cliffs are actively being eroded. As well as physical erosion by sand-carrying waves, there may be some biological erosion too from the organisms living in the inter-tidal zone. The chalk at the bottom of the notch and on the platform is a very clean white as it is usually submerged. There is a discussion of this inter-tidal notch on Ian West's intnernet field guide to the Geology of the Wessex Coast.
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0 mWave-cut platform and notch, immediately east of Bat's Head In the foreground is the chalk wave-cut platform, with its vertical seams of flints exposed. The wave-cut notch in the eastern side of the Bat's Head headland is straight ahead, mostly in darkness - the white of the chalk is obscured by darker coloured marine organisms that cling to the rock in the inter-tidal zone. This photo was taken when the tide was fairly low.
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0 mBat's Head Looking west towards White Nothe and Weymouth and showing some of the succulent plants that manage to grow on the bear chalk.
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10 mBat's Head, Dorset
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10 mBat's Head, Dorset
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10 mBats Head, Bats Hole, Butter Rock & the Cow Cave,arch, stack, stump & headland
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10 mBat's head
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20 mThe top of Bat's Head
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30 mBat's Head Small chalk headland with a natural arch (Bat's Hole) & a sea cave,
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32 mBat's Head from Swyre Head
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32 mButter Rock from Bat's Hole
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32 mButter Rock from Bat's Hole Taken from inside Bat's Hole at low tide, showing the sea pillar called Butter Rock, with Swyre Head cliff behind.
