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Map series Geological Survey of England and Wales, Horizontal sections 
Sheet number 56 
Sheet title Horizontal section 56. Sections to illustrate the geology of the Isle of Purbeck. Dorsetshire by Henry W. Bristow. No. 1. Section from the Sea, at Broad Bench, to Worgret Heath, near Wareham Dorsetshire by Henry W. Bristow. No. 2. Section from the Sea, at St. Alban's Head, to Russel Quay, in Wareham Bay, Dorsetshire. No. 3. From the Sea, at Tilly Whim, across Branksea Island, to Poole Harbour, Dorsetshire. 4. Section from the Sea, East of Lulworth Cove, to Bindon Hill, Dorsetshire (on a scale of three chains to an inch). 5. Vertical Section of the Purbeck Strata, at Lulworth Cove Dorsetshire (on the scale of 10 feet to an inch), to illustrate Horizontal Sect. 4, on the same sheet. Reference geological maps 16, 17. vertical sections sheet 22. 
Scale 1:10 560 
Publication year 1859 
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Author statement Henry W. Bristow 
Published statement Published at the Geological Survey Office Feby. 1859 
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