Isle of Portland past and present - Facebook
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Dorset's Isle of Portland, discover its past and present
Feb 18, 2023 · Dorset's Isle of Portland, discover its past and present Portland sheep being driven through Fortuneswell in about 1900. Rough ground of the rock-strewn coastal slopes were grazed by the island's own hardy breed of sheep.
Isle of Portland - Wikipedia
The Isle of Portland is a tied island, 6 kilometres (4 mi) long by 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) wide, in the English Channel. [2] The southern tip, Portland Bill, lies 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England.
History - Portland Town Council
The Isle of Portland has dramatic scenery, spectacular views and a remarkable history that is reflected in the landscape and man's influence upon it. Portland has been occupied since...
Isle of Portland | England, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica
Nov 21, 2024 · Isle of Portland, craggy peninsula of the English Channel coast, administrative and historic county of Dorset, southern England. Its greatest length is 4 miles (6 km), and it has a width of 1.75 miles (2.82 km). Most of the coastline is included in a UNESCO World Heritage site (designated 2001)
Portland - British History Online
Nov 28, 2024 · The Isle of Portland, to the S. of Weymouth and forming the S. side of Portland Harbour, is roughly triangular in shape, covering some 3,000 acres, and is connected to the mainland by the massive shingle bank known as Chesil Beach.
BBC - Dorset - History - Portland's history
Sep 1, 2008 · With the 2012 Olympic sailing event, Portland is now under the spotlight unlike ever before. Local historian Stuart Morris gives a brief history of Dorset's most southerly point. The island of...
A portrait of Portland | Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine
Thomas Hardy called the Isle of Portland variously ‘the Isle of Slingers’ and ‘the Gibraltar of Wessex”; Victor Hugo likened it to the head of a bird, with its bill turned towards the ocean: another, almost impertinent, image is of a miniature South America, whose outline it resembles.
Isle of Portland - Wikishire
The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island on the Dorset coast. It is 4 miles long by a mile and a half wide, projecting into the the English Channel and joined to mainland Great Britain by a narrow strip of land which extends 18 miles parallel to the coast as Chesil Beach and by a short causeway to Wyke Regis over which runs the A354 road.
Discovering The Isle of Portland along the Jurassic Coast of Dorset
Jun 16, 2022 · Fossil Coast in collaboration with Matt Pinner one of Dorset's leading professional landscape photographers explores the rugged and picturesque Isle of Portland on Dorset's Jurassic Coast and a location whose landscape inspired Dorset born writer Thomas Hardy. Portland Bill Light House - Image by Matt Pinner.
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