Nicodemus Knob
Nicodemus Knob is a 30-feet pillar of Portland stone, left as a landmark and quarrying relic at East Cliff on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. A similar artificial pillar formed through quarrying is Pulpit Rock at Portland Bill.Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fancy’s Family Farm and Verne High Angle Battery.
Fancy’s Family Farm
Zoo
Royal Air Force Portland or more simply RAF Portland is a former Royal Air Force and ROTOR radar station on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. Located close to the Verne Citadel and East Cliff, the station was established in the 1950s as part of a nationwide air defence radar system built by the British Government during the Cold War. Fancy’s Family Farm is situated 900 feet northwest of Nicodemus Knob.
Verne High Angle Battery
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The Verne High Angle Battery is a former 19th-century gun battery on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. Situated close to the Verne Citadel, the battery is Grade II Listed, and forms part of the citadel's scheduled monument status. Verne High Angle Battery is situated 1,200 feet west of Nicodemus Knob.
Verne Citadel
Fort
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Verne Citadel is a 19th-century citadel on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. Located on the highest point of Portland, Verne Hill, it sits in a commanding position overlooking Portland Harbour, which it was built to defend. Verne Citadel is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Nicodemus Knob.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Grove and Fortuneswell.
The Grove
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Grove is a small village located at Tophill on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. The village is found close to the larger village Easton, and is most notable for containing the HM Prison Portland, including its museum Grove Prison Museum.
Fortuneswell
Village
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Fortuneswell is a village in Underhill on the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, England. It lies on steeply sloping land on the northern edge of the island, known as Underhill, where Chesil Beach connects the island to the mainland.
Easton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easton is a village on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. The village is situated at Tophill, within the centre of the island. As with the rest of Portland's villages and settlements, Easton, including the settlements Reforne and Straits, has been designated as a conservation area, as it is a place of special architectural and historic interest.
Nicodemus Knob
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Isle of Portland, Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.55783° or 50° 33′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.42788° or 2° 25′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C2VHH5C+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 4512299295OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rockWikidata ID
Q7028915
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In Other Languages
“Nicodemus Knob” goes by many names.
- Hausa: “Nicodemus Knob”
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