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Old Harry's Wife was another stack which was eroded through corrosion and abrasion, until the bottom was so weak the top fell away, leaving a stump. Hydraulic action is the main cause of erosion ( shear force of the waves) that damaged the rock and caused it to fall away.
The Pinnacles lie directly east of Studland, approximately 200 metres south of Old Harry Rocks and about 4 kilometres northeast of Swanage. The chalk headlands of the Ballard Downs are owned by the National Trust. The rocks can be viewed from the Dorset section of the South West Coastal Path.
[1] [2] The ridge is formed by the structure known as 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 of chalk downlands in southern England formed from the Chalk Group which also includes Salisbury Plain and the South Downs .
Emily Sherwin, from Poole, went missing following a dive off Old Harry Rocks, near Swanage, on Tuesday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Nearby, lying off-shore from The Foreland (also Handfast Point), are the chalk stacks named Old Harry Rocks: Old Harry and his Wife. Poole Harbour is popular with bird watchers, windsurfers and yachters; it contains Brownsea Island, the site of the first-ever Scout camp. Corfe Castle is in the centre of the isle, overlooking Corfe Castle village.
The c. 140-million-year-old Gymnosperm trees bear similarities with modern-day Cypress , with foliage having the characteristics of a 'Monkey Puzzle' (Araucaria araucana). [1] Because of its closeness to Cupressus, the species found here at the fossilized forest has been named Protocupressinoxylon purbeckensis [1] (i.e. 'Early cypress-wood from ...
Old Harry Rocks, just offshore from the dip slope of the down, and The Needles on the westernmost tip of the Isle of Wight, are remnants of this ridge. The scarp slope of the down faces south, over Swanage, meeting the sea as Ballard Cliff .
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