![]() That glorious hill is known and loved by all Dorset men. That is the summit of the highest cliff between the Wash and Land's End, Golden Cap. "There is one other place in Dorset where the Earth's own past obtrudes itself, in a great view, upon one's thoughts about man's past and present. 31-33 in: The Marches of Wessex, by F.J.H. It is not known whether the vegetation increase is because of a reduction in the rate of coast erosion, or whether it is the result of global warming. Thus, like many of the Dorset chalk cliffs it is now much more vegetated than in the past. ![]() You can see this by comparing the top two photographs above. It is interesting to note that originally it was more golden but there has been a major increase in vegetation growth in recent years. It has a yellow capping of weathered Upper Greensand (Albian - Cretaceous) over Lower Jurassic Liassic clays. Golden Cap is the highest cliff on the south coast of England and easily reached from the small coastal hamlet of Seatown, near Chideock, Dorset (on the Bridport to Lyme Regis road). | Bridport Sands, East Cliff, West Bay Field Guide | Website hosted by courtesy of iSolutions, Southampton UniversityĪerial photographs by courtesy of The Channel Coastal Observatory, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. Visiting Scientist at the Ocean and Earth Science ,įaculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences Golden Cap and Seatown: Geology of the Wessex Coast.
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