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