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The local fishermen, particularly at Portland, developed a purpose-built vessel to withstand the sea actions of Chesil Beach. The boat, known as a lerret , is a double-ended open fishing boat — 16–17 ft (4.9–5.2 m) long — used for seine net fishing .
Chesil Cove at Chiswell on the Isle of Portland. The high beach of Chesil Cove from Isle of Portland, showing Weymouth Bay across the isthmus. Chesil Cove is a curved steep bank forming the south-east end of 29-kilometre (18 mi) Chesil Beach in Dorset, England.
Fortuneswell is a village in Underhill on the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, England. It lies on steeply sloping land on the northern edge of the island, known as Underhill, where Chesil Beach connects the island to the mainland. Adjoining Fortuneswell are Chiswell to the west and Castletown to the north.
Chiswell / ˈ tʃ ɪ z ə l /, sometimes / ˈ tʃ ɪ z w ɛ l /, is a small village at the southern end of Chesil Beach, in Underhill, on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. It is the oldest settlement on the island, having formerly been known as Chesilton.
Portland is unusual as it is connected to the mainland at Abbotsbury by Chesil Beach, a tombolo which runs 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-west to West Bay. [46] Portland is sometimes defined incorrectly as a tombolo—in fact Portland is a tied island, and Chesil Beach is the tombolo (a spit joined to land at both ends). [47] [48]
Southern and eastern entrances of Portland Harbour looking northeast from the Isle of Portland across Balaclava Bay. The dark colour of the water between the two breakwaters in the foreground indicates the position of the scuttled battleship HMS Hood. The western side of the Harbour with Chesil Beach, Lyme Bay and the Fleet Lagoon in the ...
Chiswell Earthworks is a land sculpture, located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is found above Chesil Beach's most southerly part Chesil Cove, at the end of the promenade sea wall, towards West Weares. It was created by John Maine RA, between 1986 and 1993. [1]
Chesil Beach from the hill above Fortuneswell, with much of the village in the foreground. Fortuneswell and Portland Harbour, seen from The Verne. The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is on the left. Fortuneswell is the largest of eight villages on the Isle of Portland, just off the coast of Dorset in the English Channel.
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