Part way along Dorset’s 95 mile long World Heritage ‘Jurassic Coast’ we reach West Bay that nestles under these magnificent 500 foot high cliffs that glow orange in the lowering sun.
These cliffs are relatively fragile and undergo frequent rock falls which expose yet more of a continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rock formations spanning approximately 185 million years of the Earth’s history. The entire Jurassic Coast contains a large range of important fossil sites and is a magnet for fossil hunters.
