Perry Ledge is a

reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic component, abiotic (non-living) processes such as deposition (geol ...

west of Ringstead in

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.Perry Ledge

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. The ledge consists of

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

dating from the

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period and is exposed at low tide. It is located close to

Bran Point Bran Point is a small headland on the Dorset coast in southern England, about halfway between the small villages of Ringstead, Dorset, Ringstead to the east and Osmington Mills to the west. There is a picturesque cliff-top path between the two ...

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