28 GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 



VIEWS ON THE COAST OF THE ISLE OF 



PURBECK : 



Reduced from the beautiful Engravings by Mr. Webster, in 

 Sir Henri/ Englefield's Isle of Wight. 



PL XVI. — View of the Dorsetshire Coast, from 

 WoRTn Barrow, looking westward. 



This interesting view oi' the Dorsetshire coast, looking 

 towards the west, is taken from Worth Barrow, a tumulus 

 situated near the summit of a very high precipice of the 

 chalk range. The bay included between the fore- 

 ground and the detached rocks in the sea, is Worth 

 Barrow Bay ; the road down to which, is seen just 

 beyond the projecting point of the chalk cliff. The 

 rocks bounding the bay, are the Purbcck beds, covering 

 the Oolite. The long hill in the middle of the 

 view is the " Sivines back" beyond which is West 

 Lulworth Cove. The Isle of Portland appears in the 

 distance, united to the main land by the Chesil-bank. 

 Weymouth road is indicated by the vessels at anchor. 



The deep sinuosities made in the cliffs along this 

 coast by the inroads of the sea, are well shown in this 

 sketch.* 



PI. XVII. — Lulworth Cove, from the west. 



Lulworth Cove is an almost semicircular bay, formed 

 by the action of the sea, on the vertical strata which 

 constitute this part of the coast ; and in the section thus 

 exposed, the series of rocks, from the chalk to the oolite 

 inclusive, may be traced. A small part of the chalk 

 Henrj Englefield'a Isle of Wigiit. p, is.".. 



