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Lulworth Cove, Dorset on the south coast of England is a horseshoe shaped harbour within the grounds of the Lulworth Estate, home of the Weld family since 1641. The region features some of the finest geomorphology and folding strata in Europe. There are excellent exposures of folded Jurassic and Cretaceous strata and on the cliffs to the east is the Fossil Forest with an ancient soil and tree remains. There are carbonate breccias, crocodile teeth, cyclical chalk, glauconitic sandstones, oil sands, lignite, ostracods, stromatolites, fish teeth, an oyster bed, a transgressive marine pebble bed, a fluvial channel conglomerate, sponge chert, phosphatic strata, charophyte limestones etc. The Lower Cretaceous, Purbeck Formation is contorted into the Lulworth Crumples at Stair Hole. Along the coast from Lulworth Cove there is Durdle Door, a world famous geological wonder, with its massive rock arch, set right on the Jurassic Coast between Swanage and Weymouth. The importance of Lulworth as a natural habitat and area of geologic importance has been recognized by its designation as a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and Heritage Coast. The area supports a remarkable array of diverse natural life, particularly butterflies. Lulworth has its own butterfly species, the Lulworth Skipper, discovered near Durdle Door in 1832.
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