Fossil Forest
The Fossil Forest is the remains of an ancient submerged forest from Jurassic times, located to the east of Lulworth Cove on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England.Photo: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: petrified forest in Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Fossil Forest, Dorset”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bindon Hill and Parish Church of the Holy Trinity.
Bindon Hill
Archaeological site
Bindon Hill is an extensive Iron Age earthwork enclosing a coastal hill area on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth Cove in Dorset, England, about 19 kilometres west of Swanage, about 6 kilometres south west of Wareham, and about 17 kilometres south east of Dorchester. Bindon Hill is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Fossil Forest.
Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 1 mile northwest of Fossil Forest.
Hambury Tout
Peak
Photo: ian saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hambury Tout is a large chalk hill by the coast near Lulworth, Dorset, England. It overlooks Lulworth Cove to the west. Hambury Tout is the site of an ancient burial mound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lulworth and Stair Hole.
Lulworth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lulworth is the popular name for an area on the coast of Dorset, South West England notable for its castle and cove. However, there is no actual place or feature called simply "Lulworth", the villages are East and West Lulworth and the coastal feature is Lulworth Cove.
Stair Hole
Locality
Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stair Hole is a small cove located just west of Lulworth Cove in Dorset, southern England. The folded limestone strata known as the Lulworth crumple are particularly visible at Stair Hole.
Dungy Head
Locality
Dungy Head is a coastal promontory located west of Lulworth Cove on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. It forms the eastern end of St Oswald's Bay.
Fossil Forest
- Categories: petrified forest and tourism
- Location: West Lulworth, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6163° or 50° 36′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.24131° or 2° 14′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C2VJQ85+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 276536403OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q8564892
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In Other Languages
“Fossil Forest” goes by many names.
- Turkish: “Dorset Fosil Ormanı”
- Turkish: “Fosil Ormanı, Dorset”
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