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679:Durdle Pier
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178:11 February
93:greenhouses
58:family seat
41:, southern
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994:Kimmeridge
984:Brandy Bay
954:Cow Corner
931:Arish Mell
896:Stair Hole
891:Dungy Head
861:Swyre Head
856:Bat's Head
812:Bran Point
802:Black Head
689:Folly Pier
591:Chickerell
581:Abbotsbury
548:Eype Mouth
533:Golden Cap
489:Lyme Regis
461:Pinhay Bay
436:Branscombe
411:Ladram Bay
396:Otter Cove
373:East Devon
308:50°39′49″N
139:Kelly, J.
127:References
109:Christie’s
64:, but the
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974:Gad Cliff
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792:Broadrock
764:Greenhill
694:Salt Pans
674:Jurassica
659:Cave Hole
614:Tar Rocks
586:Gore Cove
521:Charmouth
516:Black Ven
441:Beer Head
416:High Peak
386:Sandy Bay
311:2°37′07″W
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1056:West Man
926:Mupe Bay
719:Weymouth
629:Blacknor
619:Clay Ope
566:West Bay
506:Lyme Bay
421:Sidmouth
145:Archived
115:See also
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979:Tyneham
538:Seatown
43:England
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