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SY4888 : Overhanging sandstone cliff, Burton Hive

near to Burton Bradstock, Dorset, Great Britain

Overhanging sandstone cliff, Burton Hive

The limestone rock in the cliffs west of Burton Hive contains fossils which are easy to expose. The figures in this recent cliff-fall are mainly children (with some adult supervision) hitting the sandstone with hammers, presumably looking for fossils. Cliffs with this amount of undercutting and overhang are not places to loiter under - as explained by nearby signs on the beach. There is a geological fault at the Hive and beyond it the cliffs are of clay, and can be seen in the distance (slumped, quite different to the limestone overhang in the foreground).

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2006

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Grid Square: SY4888, 12 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Jim Champion (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Wednesday, 27 December, 2006 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 28 December, 2006
Category: Coastline/Beaches (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SY 489 888 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:41.7953N 2:43.4924W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SY 489 888
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)