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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, River Axe, River Frome, Dorset, Chesil Beach, Isle of Portland, List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Christchurch Harbour, Blandford Camp, Studland, Cerne Abbas, Studland and Godlingston Heath NNR, Lambert's Castle, Golden Cap, Durlston Country Park, Blue Pool, Canford Heath, Creech Grange, Ballard Down, Lodmoor, Poxwell, Holt Heath, Dorset, Radipole Lake, Garston Wood, Abbotsbury Castle, Arne RSPB reserve, Lions Hill, Boulsbury Wood, Chalbury Hill And Quarry, Babylon Hill, Goathill Quarry, Corton Cutting, Belle Vue Quarry, Ebblake Bog, Crookhill Brick Pit, Bradford Abbas Railway Cutting, Shillingstone Quarry, Worgret Heath, Conegar Road Cutting, Frogden Quarry, Bryanston SSSI, Dorset, Cull-Peppers Dish, Holnest SSSI, Dorset, Blashenwell Farm Pit, Brenscombe Heath, Batcombe Down, Aunt Mary's Bottom, Oakers Bog, Black Hill Heath, Abbotsbury Blind Lane, Black Hill Down, Pitcombe Down, Bere Stream, Corfe & Barrow Hills. Excerpt: The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, 6 kilometres (4 mi) long by 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) wide, in the English Channel. Portland is 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and Weymouth together form the borough of Weymouth and Portland. The population of Portland is almost 13,000. Portland is a central part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east Devon coast, important for its geology and landforms. Its name is used for one of the British Sea Areas, and has been exported as the name of North American and Australian towns. Portland stone, famous for its use in British and world architectur...
