StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Lulworth Cove

gbw - why the cove ?

05 Jul 2016 253
Interpretation board explaining the geological nature of Lulworth Cove, and hence why the cove has developed.

gbw - the Crumple

05 Jul 2016 1 1 262
The slightly less often imaged example of the "Lulworth Crumple" - the steeply and intensely folded Portland and Purbeck group of limestone(s). As a student I climbed in and around Stair Hole, a fascinating place - it shows what Lulworth Cove probably looked like 100,000 years ago.

gbw - Lulworth Cove

05 Jul 2016 1 1 250
Looking eastward across the cove. This place is a standard example of the differential erosion rates in rocks of varying strength / hardness. There is an interpretation board which explains this for the non-geologist visitor.