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(Redirected from Pulpit Rock (Isle of Portland)) Coastal feature at Portland Bill, Dorset, England

Pulpit Rock

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Pulpit Rock is a coastal feature at Portland Bill, the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. Intended to have the appearance of an open bible leaning on a pulpit, Pulpit Rock was formed in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at Bill Quarry, and the leaning slab was added. As a quarrying relic, the rock is similar to that of Nicodemus Knob, another quarrying landmark on the island.

Pulpit Rock has become a popular tourist attraction on the island and is often photographed. Despite the danger, for many decades it has been a popular place for tombstoning. Pulpit Rock is also a popular point for wrasse anglers. The British record Ballan wrasse was caught there in 1998 by Pete Hegg.

The geological succession up from sea level is: Portland Cherty Series (up to the level of the neighbouring quarried platform), then Portland Freestone (the oolitic limestone quarried inland of Pulpit Rock), then a cap of thin-bedded limestones which are part of the basal Purbeck Formation.

References

"Portland Bill". Geoffkirby.co.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
"Portland Bill: Exploring Portland by Geoff Kirby". Retrieved 1 November 2008.
"Portland Bill - Geological Field Guide". Southampton.ac.uk. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
"Sea Gallery | Pulpit Rock, Portland, Dorset by Robin Mills ARPS; Fine Art Photography". Robinmillsphotography.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
YouTube (1 August 2009). "Cliff Jumping, Portland Bill: Extreme sport Tombstoning danger". YouTube. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
"Portlandbill.co.uk". Portlandbill.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
"West, Ian. M. 2008. The Isle of Portland: Portland Bill. Geology of the Wessex Coast". Retrieved 2 January 2009.

External links

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50°30′51.3″N 2°27′34.1″W / 50.514250°N 2.459472°W / 50.514250; -2.459472

v t e Isle of Portland
Settlements and areas	Castletown Chiswell Clay Ope Easton Ferry Bridge Fortuneswell The Grove Portland Bill Portland Harbour Southwell Tophill Underhill Victoria Square Wakeham West Cliff Weston
Beaches and coastal features	Balaclava Bay Cave Hole Chesil Beach Chesil Cove Church Ope Cove Freshwater Bay Hallelujah Bay Little Beach Mutton Cove Portland Raised Beach Pulpit Rock Salt Pans Wallsend Cove
Attractions	Broadcroft Quarry Nature Reserve Chiswell Earthworks Culverwell Mesolithic Site Fancy's Family Farm Jurassica King Barrow Quarry Nature Reserve Nicodemus Knob Perryfield Quarry Nature Reserve Portland Museum Royal Manor Theatre Tout Quarry Sculpture Park Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Military	Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment Blacknor Fort East Weare Battery East Weare Camp East Weare Rifle Range HMS Osprey Inner Pierhead Fort MOD Portland Bill Portland Breakwater Fort RAF Portland RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey) Royal Naval Hospital Verne Citadel Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery Verne High Angle Battery
Castles	Pennsylvania Castle Portland Castle Rufus Castle
Lighthouses, daymarks and NCI	NCI Portland Bill Old Higher Lighthouse Old Lower Lighthouse Portland Bill Lighthouse Portland Breakwater Lighthouse Trinity House Obelisk
Prisons	HM Prison Portland HM Prison Weare HM Prison The Verne
Gardens	Chiswell Walled Garden Easton Gardens Governor's Community Garden Victoria Gardens
Buildings and houses	The Captain's House The Cove House Inn The George Inn Queen Anne House St George's Centre
Churches	All Saints Church Avalanche Memorial Church Church of Our Lady and St. Andrew Conjurer's Lodge Easton Methodist Church Southwell Methodist Chapel St Andrew's Church St George's Church St. John's Church St. Peter's Church Underhill Methodist Church United Reformed Church
Memorials	Portland Cenotaph Royal Naval Cemetery
Industry	Durdle Pier Folly Pier Folly Pier Waterworks Grove Lime Kiln King's Pier Portland stone Portland Windmills Red Crane Southwell Business Park Sureline Verne Cistern
Working and disused quarries	Bowers Quarry Broadcroft Quarry Coombefield Quarry King Barrow Quarry Perryfield Quarry Tout Quarry Yeolands Quarry
Railway	Merchant's Railway The Old Engine Shed Portland Branch Railway
Sports	Portland United F.C.
Events	Easton Massacre Great Southwell Landslip

Jurassic Coast

East Devon

Dorset

Chesil Beach	West Bay Burton Bradstock West Bexington Abbotsbury Gore Cove Chickerell
Isle of Portland	Chesil Cove Tar Rocks Clay Ope Hallelujah Bay Blacknor Mutton Cove Wallsend Cove Pulpit Rock Portland Bill Portland Raised Beach Cave Hole Church Ope Cove Portland Museum Jurassica Durdle Pier King's Pier Folly Pier Salt Pans Freshwater Bay Balaclava Bay Portland Harbour
Weymouth	Newton's Cove Nothe Gardens Weymouth Harbour Weymouth Pier Jurassic Skyline Weymouth Beach Weymouth Bay Greenhill

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