THE CLIFFS AND THEIR STORY 



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magnificent towers of de- 

 tached chalk, and directly 

 we have passed the latter 

 we see the face of the 

 cliff marked by horizontal 

 layers of flints. Further 

 on is the towering height 

 of Ballard Point, and just 

 before we come abreast 

 of it we shall see the 

 famous Fault in the face 

 of the cliff, where the 

 layers of flint are no longer 

 horizontal, but have been 

 distorted and crushed into 

 vertical and curved layers. 

 We vaguely realise the 

 stupendous force that was 

 required to produce this 

 Fault in the strata, when 

 we see that the flints have 

 been crushed and broken 

 into fragments. 



At Swanage Bay we 

 come upon the wonderful 

 Wealden formation the 

 thickness of which series 



NEAR THE BALLARD 

 FAULT, SWANAGE. 



The cliffs show how they 

 were first formed in 

 horizontal layers. 



basin of Poole 

 Harbour, w here 

 fresh, brackish, 

 and marine de- 

 posits are forming 

 to-day, which in 

 some future geo- 

 logical age will 

 form dry land, and 

 will hold the fossil 

 remains of the 

 flora and fauna 

 of our day. A 

 steamer trip from 

 Bournemouth t o 

 Swanage affords a 

 good view of the 

 chalk chffs that 

 abruptly rise west 

 of the entrance to 

 Poole Harbour. 

 We steam past the 

 "Old Harry" and 

 Pinnacles, two 



THE BALLARD FAULT, SWANAGE. 

 Showing how the horizontal layers have been forced upwards to the vertical. 



