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Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab

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Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab is shown as a cliff on the public map of Swansea. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab is a coastal rock feature composed of Carboniferous limestone, formed around 300 million years ago through the accumulation of marine sediments. It is notable for its striking vertical slabs and buttress-like formations, which are shaped by differential erosion along bedding planes and joints.

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