10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISLE OF PORTLAND»
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Isle of Portland in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Culverwell Mesolthic habitation site,
Isle of Portland, ...
An excavation report on this Mesolithic site discovered in 1967. Susann Palmer and a number of other contributors describe the archaeological evidence and stratigraphy, the geophysical survey and artefacts recovered.
Susann Palmer, Kenneth D. Thomas, 1999
2
Geology
of Weymouth,
Portland and Coast
of Dorsetshire: From ...
Besides the Isle of Portland, the Dirt-Bed occurs in the cliff east of Lulworth Cove.
At Ridgway it is less distinctly represented, and is separated from the " Cap " by a
layer of soft chalk-like stone. Beyond this district it is found at Swindon * in Wilts ...
3
Handbook to the Geology
of Weymouth and the Island
of ...
Besides the Isle of Portland, the Dirt-Bed occurs in the cliff east of Lulworth Cove.
At Ridgway it is less distinctly represented, and is separated from the "Cap" by a
layer of soft chalk-like stone. Beyond this district it is found at Swindon * in Wilts, ...
4
Hand-book to the geology
of Weymouth and the island
of ...
Besides the Isle of Portland, the Dirt-Bed occurs in the cliff east of Lulworth Cove.
At Ridgway it is less distinctly represented, and is separated from the "Cap" by a
layer of soft chalk-like stone. Beyond this district it is found at Swindon * in Wilts, ...
5
The Rough Guide to Dorset, Hampshire & the
Isle of Wight
A giant lump oflargelytreeless land jutting out from the sea and connected
tothemainlandby a narrow causeway, the ISLE OF PORTLAND isa strangeplace.
Labelled the “Gibraltar of Wessex” by Thomas Hardy, it's best known for its hard
white ...
Amanda Tomlin, Matthew Hancock, 2013
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The Geology
of the
Isle of Purbeck and Weymouth
The poor exposures of the Kininieridge Clay in the Isle of Portland call for little
remark. The uppermost zones are concealed everywhere by talus, and the "coal"
which crops out between tide-marks off Castleton, and used to be duo; out for fuel
, ...
7
Geological excursions round the
isle of Wight, and along the ...
THE ISLE OF PORTLAND. 393 The cliff in Ringstead Bay is rich in the usual
fossils of the Kimmeridge beds ; and Osmington Cliff, west of Ringstead, abounds
in Trigoniae and other shells of the Oxford clay, many of which are in a beautiful ...
Gideon Algernon Mantell, 1847
8
Geological excursions round the
Isle of Wight, and along the ...
The Isle of Portland. — Though beyond the limits originally prescribed to these
excursions, the Isle of Portland, which we have seen looming in the western
horizon during the greater part of our progress from the Isle of Wight, is so
intimately ...
Gideon Algernon Mantell, 1847
9
South West Sea Kayaking:
Isle of Wight to the Severn Estuary
Tidal streams along the eastern side of the Isle of Portland reach 5.1 knots when
going SSW. During the brief period when they flow NNE, rates reach 1.6 knots.
South going streams along the western side of the Isle of Portland reach 3.5
knots.
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Black's Tourists'Guide to Hampshire&Dorsetshire. Including ...
Portland stone, one of the finest materials for building produced by the United Kin
dam, is extensively quarried in the northern part of the islan . The blocks out from
the quarries DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLE OF PORTLAND. 91 often weigh so.
Adam BLACK (Publisher, and BLACK (Charles) Publisher.), 1855
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISLE OF PORTLAND»
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Isle of Portland is used in the context of the following news items.
Route 39 Academy principal steps down
Joss Hayes, who has been principal at Route 39 since it began in 2013, is leaving for a new role on the Isle of Portland. «North Devon Gazette, Jun 15»
Win! A family break on Dorset's Jurassic Coast
... by the stunning Fleet Lagoon, home to Vic, the legendary 'Vista Monster', and overlooks Chesil beach and beyond to the Isle of Portland. «AOL Travel UK, Jun 15»
Kweku Adoboli, rogue trader behind UBS' £1.5bn loss, released …
After his conviction, he spent time at the Verne prison on the Isle of Portland in Dorset before shifting to Maidstone. Adoboli, a relatively junior ... «International Business Times UK, Jun 15»
Book Review: Katrina Palmer's "End Matter"
... the Loss Adjusters counterbalance loss with presence, a task particularly well suited for the Isle of Portland, which has slowly been hollowed ... «Archinect, Jun 15»
Jellyfish with 6ft long tentacles wash up on British beach during …
At least 25 barrel jellyfish were discovered stranded across the shore on the tiny Isle of Portland in Dorset. They were found by marine and ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»
How Slightly Better Concrete Could Save the Planet
Aspdin's innovation, named after high-quality limestone from the Isle of Portland in England, is one of the great triumphs of modern engineering ... «CityLab, May 15»
Katrina Palmer: the artist who has mined a rich seam of nothingness
A bright, bright day and I'm standing in the middle of the Isle of Portland thinking about nothing. It is nothing that I've come to see, really. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Epic battle to build a British Jurassic Park: One man's dream of …
Jurassica is a plan to re-create the most spectacular period of Earth's history in an old limestone quarry on Dorset's Isle of Portland. Jurassica ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
PORTLAND: The stone that helped build London
Quarrys on the Isle of Portland (22899151). Stone to Build London by Gill Hackman. (22899153). Dorset Echo: Photograph of the Author. «Dorset Echo, Apr 15»
Monday Memories: Croydon and Devil's Slide
Portland cement is the name taken from its likeness to portland stone, a kind of building stone quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, ... «Standard-Examiner, Apr 15»
