
What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Dorset.
Cliff face west of Bran Point consists mainly of Jurassic limestone, approximately 150 to 190 million years old, formed from the accumulation of marine sediments in a shallow tropical sea. The area is notable for its well-exposed stratigraphy and fossil content, typical of the Dorset coast's geologically significant landscape.
Places near here
Bran PointHeadland · 300 yd
Ringstead BeachBeach / strand · 399 yd
Osmington Mills: a waterfall and the cliffs of Bran PointWaterfall · 1024 yd
Waterfall, Osmington Mills BeachWaterfall · 1065 yd
Ringstead BayViewpoint · 1.0 mi
UptonVisitor information · 1.0 mi
Sandy Barrow W of East Farm DairyScheduled monument · 1.1 mi
The LodgeListed building · 1.3 mi
Osmington HouseListed building · 1.5 mi
Burning CliffCliff · 1.5 mi
White NotheHeritage attraction · 1.7 mi
Osmington HillMountain / peak · 1.9 miOther information
Photo: Jim Champion · CC BY-SA 2.0