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80:. The base of the Black Ven mudslide is one of the best places to find fossils along the Jurassic Coastline. The sea washes the fossils out of the mud and leaves them to be found amongst the shingle between the boulders.
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Lyme Bay
Fossils: Jurassic Beach Guide. NClarke, Nigel J. (2004)
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A part of Lyme Bay, with The
Spittles and Black Ven on the left.
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57:designated in 2001. The cliff contains layers of
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41:. It is situated between the settlements of
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128:The Spittles - Quick Facts Area
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248:Beer Quarry Caves
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93:Geology of Dorset
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843:Egmont Point
838:Egmont Bight
791:Hobarrow Bay
653:Chaldon Hill
561:Weymouth Bay
360:Chesil Beach
313:The Spittles
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208:Danger Point
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883:Anvil Point
718:Bindon Hill
688:Pinion Rock
673:Durdle Door
648:White Nothe
619:Perry Ledge
584:Jordan Hill
579:Furzy Cliff
486:King's Pier
481:Durdle Pier
446:Pulpit Rock
436:Mutton Cove
411:Chesil Cove
273:Ware Cliffs
67:Mary Anning
1008:Lyme Regis
987:Categories
957:50°43′55″N
833:Swyre Head
796:Kimmeridge
786:Brandy Bay
756:Cow Corner
733:Arish Mell
698:Stair Hole
693:Dungy Head
663:Swyre Head
658:Bat's Head
614:Bran Point
604:Black Head
491:Folly Pier
393:Chickerell
383:Abbotsbury
350:Eype Mouth
335:Golden Cap
291:Lyme Regis
263:Pinhay Bay
238:Branscombe
213:Ladram Bay
198:Otter Cove
175:East Devon
99:References
43:Lyme Regis
960:2°55′12″W
811:Hen Cliff
776:Gad Cliff
624:Ringstead
594:Broadrock
566:Greenhill
496:Salt Pans
476:Jurassica
461:Cave Hole
416:Tar Rocks
388:Gore Cove
323:Charmouth
318:Black Ven
243:Beer Head
218:High Peak
188:Sandy Bay
78:Black Ven
59:Blue Lias
47:Charmouth
868:East Man
858:West Man
728:Mupe Bay
521:Weymouth
431:Blacknor
421:Clay Ope
368:West Bay
308:Lyme Bay
223:Sidmouth
87:See also
903:Swanage
863:Winspit
781:Tyneham
340:Seatown
63:fossils
39:England
283:Dorset
258:Seaton
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