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This is a famous location for finding fossils on the Dorset coast. Some really big and important finds were made in the late 1800s. The sea is constantly washing more of the cliff down onto the beach providing new opportunities for that once-in-a-lifetime find. I had hoped to get the focus good enough for geologists...
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The beaches around Charmouth and Lyme Regis are world famous for fossils. I found my first ammonite here in 1973 and became a geologist as a result! I have planted 10 fossils in this view but there are many more. This is just how you find them, lying on the beach! There are ammonites, belemnites, shells, trace foss...
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This three metre long ichthyosaur (fossil marine reptile) was discovered in December 2009 and, following gaining permissions, was extracted in early January 2010 from Broad Ledge, to the east of Lyme Regis. Preparation was complete by the end of July 2010. The ichthyosaur is almost certainly Leptopterygius tenuirostri...
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Black Ven is one of the most spectacular coastal landslides in Europe. Beyond, lies the Spittles, a series of fields that lie on an ancient landslide surface just waiting to be ‘unzipped’ by coastal erosion. The town of Lyme Regis is protected from the sea by its famous harbour, the Cobb and a new coast defence sch...
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The geology gallery explores the rich local fossils and the extraordinary history of science behind their early discovery and study. Mary Anning and the Anning family of Lyme Regis, plays a central part of this story.
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The town on a busy Easter bank holiday weekend! Lyme is known as the ‘Pearl of Dorset’ and is rich in history. This view is from the Cobb, Lyme’s famous curvy harbour and this spot is where Meryl Streep stood during a storm in one of the early scenes from the film, ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’, adopte...
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This is a famous location for finding fossils on the Dorset coast. Sadly something went wrong and the image is not well-focused. If that was not enough, the white balance was set to incandescent light. I attempted to make the resulting blue image warmer but the colours are quite wrong. The sun was setting and all the ...
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The local history and shipwrecks gallery
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The view from Cains Folly on Stonebarrow which is part of the Golden Cap Estate, owned and managed by the National Trust.
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The view from Langmoor and Lister Gardens lies at the centre of a major engineering scheme completed in 2007 by West Dorset District Council with funding from DEFRA. The slopes are ancient landslides and they have been stabilised by placing piles through the landslide surfaces and adding drains to take away the water. ...
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