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The Geography Department |
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A new path is being laid down to Chapman's Pool.
Chapman's Pool, April 2007
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A short walk along a well-defined footpath from the Renscombe Farm car park leads to a stile and view of Houns-tout Cliff. |
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A massive landslip marks Houns-tout Cliff, here seen with other promontories along the coast. They are, Egmont Point (the seaward edge of the Tout itself), Broad Bench and Worbarrow Tout, in Kimmeridge Bay. |
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The vegetated state of the landslip indicates it is some years old; the urge to view the cliff was generated by a photograph of the landslip with fresh grey clays with sands and marls above. |
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The footpath is part of the south West Coastal Path and is suitably well marked and used, both by walkers and sightseers. The cliff on the right shows dark traces of water seepage where Upper Kimmeridge clays are overlain by Portland sands and stones. |
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General views of Houns-tout Cliff and Chapman's Pool; the Boat House can be seen, opposite the landslip, on the right-hand photo. |
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The eastern side of Chapman's Pool could be seen between clefts in the limestone |
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The limestone nature of the ground is seen above, in failing dry-stone walling, ley grass planted between the limestone stones, and a fine new dry stone wall. On Easter Sunday a wall-building demonstration was to be given at nearby Compact Farm. |
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