Stair Hole

Stair Hole

Stair Hole is a relatively new cove that is forming just to the west of Lulworth Cove in Dorset, southern England. In a few hundred thousand years it will be just as large and spectacular as Lulworth Cove (assuming that it does not merge with Lulworth Cove itself). The uniquely folding limestone strata known as Lulworth crumple are particularly visible at Stair Hole.

ee also

* Durdle Door
* Jurassic Coast
* Lulworth Cove

External links

* [http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/stair.htm Geology of the Dorset Coast, University of Southampton information]
* [http://www.lulworthonline.co.uk/ Lulworth Online — Information on the villages]


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