Bat's Head is a

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headland on the

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coast in southern

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, located between Swyre Head and Durdle Door to the east, and Chaldon Hill and White Nothe to the west. At the base of the headland is the small Bat's Cave.

References

External links

Bat's Head entry in Ian West's ''Geology of the Wessex Coast''
Headlands of Dorset Jurassic Coast {{Dorset-geo-stub