Picture by The Krankis
This colony of Guillemots can be found on the cliffs at Durleston Country Park near Swanage.
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Guillemots
Posted in Dorset, tagged Durlston, Guillemots, Swanage on April 18, 2009| 1 Comment »
Tilly Whim Caves
Posted in Dorset, tagged Durlston, Swanage, Tilly Whim on March 27, 2009| 1 Comment »
A short history of Tilly Whim Caves – the famous cliff-stone quarries at Durlston Country Park, near Swanage. Video by Dom Greves. With thanks to: Brian Dorey, Simon Kidner, Anna Mae Villas, Tony Kerins, Robin Plowman, Tim Schilling, Heather Bell, David Haysom and Pat Trim.
Durlston Globe
Posted in Dorset, tagged Durlston, George Burt, John Mowlem, Swanage on December 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Picture by D. Greves
The Great Globe at Durlston Head, near Swanage was built by John Mowlems Greenwich works in 1887 for George Burt, a local stone merchant. It is three metres in diameter, weighs about 40 tonnes and is made in 15 sections of Portland Limestone and is the largest sculpture at what is now Durlston Country Park
Anvil Point Lighthouse
Posted in Dorset, tagged Durlston, Swanage on November 26, 2008| 1 Comment »
Picture by D. Greves
Anvil Point Lighthouseis situated within the grounds of Durlston Country Park and approximately 2 miles up the hill from Swanage town centre. It is built of local Purbeck stone, was completed in 1881 after a terrible shipwreck on the rocks below.
Trog Hall
Posted in Dorset, tagged Durlston, Swanage, Tilly Whim on November 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Picture by Anyhoo
The entrance to one of three stone quarries in in the cliffs at Durlston, 1 mile from Swanage which make up the Tilly Whim Caves. The caves have not been quarried since 1810 and were closed to the public in the 1970s as they were thought too dangerous.
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