Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Chesil Bank

Chesil Bank, ridge of shingle, with varying breadth of from 170 to 200 yards, on coast of Dorset; stretches 9½ miles NW. from Portland to Abbotsbury, and is separated from the mainland by two narrow channels (East and West Fleet).


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ridge of shingle"   (ADL Feature Type: "ridges")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC

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