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St Alban's Head has been heavily quarried and there is a defunct sea-cliff quarry underneath the coastguard station. St
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stands on the head. On the bluff of the headland is a monument to the development of
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Memorial. The memorial is set with a small memorial garden which overlooks
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St Alban's Head, Dorset, seen from the SW Coast Path to the north.
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no. 426 (later no. B426, 2426, and 32426) was named
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130:St Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
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228:. National Coastwatch. 2012
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186:after this landmark.
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277:Haysom Purbeck Stone
126:St. Aldhelm's Chapel
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252:War Memorials Trust
177:LB&SCR H2 class
104:World Heritage Site
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116:Habitats Directive
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488:The Spittles
408:Weston Mouth
383:Danger Point
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893:Bindon Hill
863:Pinion Rock
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823:White Nothe
794:Perry Ledge
759:Jordan Hill
754:Furzy Cliff
661:King's Pier
656:Durdle Pier
621:Pulpit Rock
611:Mutton Cove
586:Chesil Cove
448:Ware Cliffs
66: /
1130:Categories
1008:Swyre Head
971:Kimmeridge
961:Brandy Bay
931:Cow Corner
908:Arish Mell
873:Stair Hole
868:Dungy Head
838:Swyre Head
833:Bat's Head
789:Bran Point
779:Black Head
666:Folly Pier
568:Chickerell
558:Abbotsbury
525:Eype Mouth
510:Golden Cap
466:Lyme Regis
438:Pinhay Bay
413:Branscombe
388:Ladram Bay
373:Otter Cove
350:East Devon
190:References
144:at nearby
110:under the
51:50°34′44″N
986:Hen Cliff
951:Gad Cliff
799:Ringstead
769:Broadrock
741:Greenhill
671:Salt Pans
651:Jurassica
636:Cave Hole
591:Tar Rocks
563:Gore Cove
498:Charmouth
493:Black Ven
418:Beer Head
393:High Peak
363:Sandy Bay
282:1 January
257:1 January
232:20 August
210:20 August
140:, by the
54:2°03′23″W
1043:East Man
1033:West Man
903:Mupe Bay
696:Weymouth
606:Blacknor
596:Clay Ope
543:West Bay
483:Lyme Bay
398:Sidmouth
1078:Swanage
1038:Winspit
956:Tyneham
515:Seatown
136:during
92:England
84:Swanage
458:Dorset
433:Seaton
305:SY9675
123:Norman
88:Dorset
180:4-4-2
134:radar
428:Beer
284:2021
259:2021
234:2014
212:2014
121:The
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