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Dorset

185 million years of geology, one extraordinary coast

COASTLINE

96 miles

UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001

GEOLOGICAL SPAN

185 million years

Triassic to Cretaceous — entire Mesozoic era

NOTABLE FOR

Fossils, Hardy, Purbeck marble, chalk downs

COUNTY TOWN

Dorchester

LARGEST CITY

Largest largely rural county with no city

LATEST FROM DORSET

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