Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Geology of the Isle of Purbeck and Weymouth
A celebrated feature of this art of the coast is the great shin le-bank known as the C esil Beach, which runs from Port nd to beyond Bridport, a distance of 18 miles, and for 9 miles encloses a salt-water lagoon between itself and the shore.
Admirably as the features of this district illustrate the effects of the subaerial denudation that ensued upon the simultaneous folding and upheaval of the rocks, no less Interesting is the form of coast due to the encroachment of the sea. Each formation as it abuts upon the shore gives rise to its own typical coast-scenery, the low foreshore and sand-d1mcs of the Tertiary area, the bare headlands of precipitous Chalk, the long curves of the bays in the Wealden, and the rocky prominences due to the Purbcck and Portland rock-beds, being all highly characteristic.
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