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	Purbeck on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Purbeck is filled with the clays of the Hampshire Basin, and is therefore largely infertile.
		Purbeck is drained by the Trent and Frome rivers.
		chalk cliffs on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Purbeck.asp (347 words)

	PURBECKIAN - LoveToKnow Article on PURBECKIAN
		The Purbeck beds follow the line of the Jurassic outcrop from Dorsetshire, through the Vale of Wardour, Swindon, Garsington, Brill and Aylesbury; they have been proved by borings to lie beneath younger rocks in Sussex; in Lincolnshire they are represented in part by the Spilsby Sands, and in Yorkshire by portions of the Speeton Clay.
		Many geologists have ranged the Purbeck beds with the overlying Wealden formation on account of the similarity of their fresh-water faunas; but the marine fossils, including the fishes, ally the Purbeck more closely with the Upper Jurassic rocks of other parts, and it may be regarded as the equivalent of the Upper Volgian of Russia.
		and The Geology of the Isle of Purbeck and Weymouth, Memoirs of the Geol.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PU/PURBECKIAN.htm (646 words)

	Isle of Purbeck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Isle of Purbeck, not a true island but a peninsula, is in the county of Dorset, England.
		It is bordered by the English Channel to the south and east, where steep cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome to the north.
		Quarrying still takes place in Purbeck; in the past quarrying was particularly around the two villages of Worth Matravers and Langton Matravers.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Isle_of_Purbeck (527 words)

	Bibliography of the Purbeck Formation, Dorset, UK - Vertebrates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		McGowan, G.J. and Ensom, P.C. Albanerpetontid Amphibian from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.
		The shape of the frontal permits the assigning of the Purbeck albanerpetontids to the genus Celtedens.
		Owen, R. On the association of dwarf crocodiles (Nannosuchus and Theriosuchus pusillus e.g.) with the diminutive mammals of the Purbeck shales.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/purbdin.htm (3178 words)

	THE ISLE OF PURBECK
		The Isle of Purbeck in East Dorset is not an island in the true sense of the word.
		Purbeck was one of the earliest Heritage coasts to be identified – spectacularly beautiful, with to the east and south, high chalk cliffs, pretty little coves and lovely sandy beaches, and at the north the great expanse of Poole Harbour.
		Thanks to the co-operation of everyone, the Purbeck Heritage Coast project has been awarded the Council of Europe Diploma for it’s outstanding environment where visitors are welcome to enjoy the wildlife, landscape and traditional delights of the seaside.
	www.travelcentre.com.au /Puddingshop/Stories/isle_of_purbeck.htm (1387 words)

	Purbeck Formation - Facies and Sedimentary Environments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This classic Purbeck section of lagoonal and lacustrine limestones alternating with shales and marls is the thickest exposed on the coast.
		During the second half of the nineteenth century the stratigraphy of the Purbeck was studied by the staff of the Geological Survey.
		Strahan, A. The Geology of the Isle of Purbeck and Weymouth.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/purbfac.htm (7119 words)

	History - Tourist Guide to the Isle of Purbeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Purbeck, needles, burnished tools and weaving combs made of bone were preserved in the limestone soil.
		Purbeck as a land mass 20 million years ago was much further south and was made up primarily of muddy swamps and lagoons.
		Purbeck stone had always been an important asset for trade and Purbeck Marble (not really a marble but a compacted layer of of geological rock) was used to decorate the country’s finest cathedrals.With the arrival of entrepreneurs like George Burt and John Mowlem, nephew and uncle, the area made a real name for itself.
	www.visitingpurbeck.co.uk /history.php (1074 words)

	Suttle Natural Stone in the U.K.
		Apart from the fact that it is part of the geology of the Purbeck hills and was therefore formed in a distant and evolutionary era, the stone has been a part of peoples lives, or should I say livelihoods, for many years.
		The Middle Purbeck strata begins in the Upper Jurassic Period, but from the Cinder Bed upwards is thought to have entered the Lower Cretaceous Period, which began approximately 136 mya, although the boundary for this evolution has been the subject of much debate.
		The suggestion is not that the Romans established an industry in Purbeck marble, as it is evident that the beginnings of one already existed, rather that they made the most of the stone as a natural resource and brought an element of efficiency in to the trade.
	www.stone.uk.com /history (3836 words)

	PURBECK TOURISM FACTS 1996-97 EDITION
		Tourism is recognised as a major industry in Purbeck which makes a vital contribution to the local economy.
		Purbeck has a unique combination of natural attractions; safe sandy beaches, an outstanding rocky coastline, internationally important areas of heathland and attractive landscape features such as the chalk ridge, limestone plateau and harbour shores.
		A substantial proportion of visitors to Purbeck are "couples", whether with their spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend.This proportion was higher in the off peak months (58%) than during the peak months (46%).
	apollo4.bournemouth.ac.uk /si/mrg/Purbeck.htm (678 words)

	Dorset For You-Purbeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Isle of Purbeck has provided valuable stone since Roman times and many of our finest churches and cathedrals are decorated by the most sought after of all, the famous Purbeck Marble.
		Two Purbeck quarries working Portland Limestone remain open today, St Aldhelm's Quarry which provides a beautiful polished limestone known as Spangle and the very much larger Swanworth Quarry where the complete sequence of Portland Limestone is quarried as a source of aggregate.
		The most famous of all the Purbeck stones, the Purbeck Marble is not a true marble but a hard limestone that can hold a fine polish (marbles are limestones that have been transformed by heat and pressure deep within the earth).
	www.jurassiccoast.com /index.jsp?articleid=26755&articleaction=1018 (1125 words)

	MICROSCOPIC FRAGMENTS OF MESOZOIC CONIFER WOOD FOUND IN THE KIMMERIDGE CLAY AND PURBECK SEDIMENTS AND RELATED TOPICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This picture of a conifer bordered pit tracheid structure was derived from the Jurassic, Lower Purbeck, Cypris Freestones, Micrite and Clay Layer.
		This is a very valuable and informative paper on the Lower Purbeck Fossil Forests of Dorset and gives a full account of the dominant conifer tree, including the shape, size, structure, the fine structure of the wood and the form of the Classopollis conifer pollen.
		The trees were adapted to growing in a semi-arid environment, which approximated to a Mediterranean type of climate, with warm wet winters when the trees were able to grow but with hot, arid summers suitable for the formation of evaporites.
	www.microscopy-uk.net /mag/artmay99/kamast4.html (2424 words)

	Suttle Natural Stone - Purbeck
		Purbeck stone has a long tradition of use as a Building stone and has many qualities which promote its use.
		Purbeck Stone is a sedimentary limestone which cleaves via natural bedding planes.
		The final hand finishing of the stone by dressing and pitching provides a roughly squared face which is "out of twist" and ensures the stone conforms to the quality required.
	www.stone.uk.com /pur2.html (350 words)

	An Ichnite from the Purbeck Limestone Group, Swanage, Dorset
		The purbeck beds of Dorset are one of the primary sources of English dinosaur ichnites.
		This specimen is from the Late Jurassic mid-purbeck, possibly in the Tithonian, at Durlston bay, nr Swanage, Dorset (National Grid SZ 037782), and is kept at the Department of Geology of the School of Earth and Environmental Studies at the University of Portsmouth (Martill, Pers.
		With the purbeck being a type 1 fossil bearing group (Lockley, 1991), meaning that ichnites are the only evidence of dinosaurs (Dorset tourist board, 2000), the latter suggestion can be given some consideration.
	www.geocities.com /dinowightpapers/ichnite.html (1751 words)

	Isle of Purbeck - in detail
		The connection to Purbeck is made via the A351, sometimes referred to as the spine of Purbeck, at the Bakers Arms public house just west of Upton.
		A connection from Wareham to Furzebrook was however maintained to serve the rail-head for the oil-well at Wytch Farm which 'cannot' be seen to the north of the A351 before you reach Corfe.
		Standing in the heart of Purbeck is the picturesque village of Corfe with its dramatic ruins of a mediaeval Castle.
	www.isleofpurbeck.com (2127 words)

	BBC - Dorset - Entertainment - Purbeck Art Week
		Twenty venues around the Purbeck area are hosting works from furniture designers, abstract painters, glass designers, photographers, interior designers and garden designers.
		Purbeck Art Week 2005 kicks off at Rollington Barn, near Corfe, with an evening preview party on Friday 27th May. Entertainment comes in the form of a drinks reception, barbeque and live music from Mick O'Hara and Gypsies Kiss.
		Purbeck Art Week 2005 has been organised by Tony Viney, with the help of Antonia Phillips and Nina Camplin - three local, working artists.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dorset/content/articles/2005/05/19/purbeck_arts_feature.shtml (266 words)

	Purbeck 2000 Virtual gateway to the Isle of Purbeck
		Located in Dorset, England, Purbeck is an area of outstanding scenery, countryside and coastline.
		The ruins of the castle (destroyed by the Parliamentarians during the Civil War) dominate the Purbeck from afar.
		The small village of Worth Matravers is one of the main areas where the famous Purbeck stone was mined.
	accesslanguages.co.uk /pb2k (391 words)

	Purbeck Dorset through time\|Local history overview for the District/Unitary Authority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Purbeck is a District/Unitary Authority in the county of Dorset, in England.
		The boundaries of Purbeck shown on 19th and 20th century maps.
		Discover what other administrative units Purbeck was related to, and how its names, boundaries changed.
	www.visionofbritain.org.uk /GBH_match_page.jsp?ons=Purbeck (263 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck - A Scandal of the XVIIth Century by Thomas Longueville
		The Viscount Purbecke followed the court a good while in very goode temper, and there [pg 76] was speech of making him a marquis that he might go before his younger brother but I heare of late he is fallen backe to his old craise and worse....
		This shows that, if Purbeck was insane, his insanity was intermittent; and it could not have been chronic; for in later years we read that he was managing his own affairs and that he married again, some time after the death of Frances.
		As Lady Purbeck says, her mother had now "lost the good opinion" of Buckingham, and undoubtedly this was because she had refused to increase his brother's allowance.
	ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/5/2/5/15257/15257-h/15257-h.htm (12640 words)

	Corfe Castle corfecastle.org.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Regarding the Isle of Purbeck, that is something of an error of statement in that it is actually a peninsular but will never shake it’s popular description of Isle.
		The medieval castle, commanding a gap in the Purbeck ridge, is now an imposing ruin and a popular tourist centre drawing on it’s many years of history.
		The village and its famous castle are built mainly from the local Purbeck stone which is probably the finest limestone available for building and polishing in England, and is used throughout the world.
	www.corfecastle.org.uk (670 words)

	Purbeck, Isle of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The region is noted for the production of Purbeck marble and china clay.
		Purbeck was a favorite hunting ground of Saxon and Norman kings.
		The larger district of Purbeck was named after this peninsula.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/PurbeckI1s.asp (286 words)

	Isle of Purbeck - Tourist Guide to the Isle of Purbeck
		The Isle of Purbeck is full of great places to explore and visit and is renowned for its diverse wildlife including rare birds and sea life with dolphins regularly being spotted along the coastline from Studland to Lulworth Cove.
		The Isle of Purbeck is also famous for its great beaches especially Studland beach with its miles of golden sand and clear blue waters and Swanage with its sandy beach and its wonderful Pier.
		The Isle of Purbeck is hidden away in the south eastern corner of Dorset and has a landmass of approximately 60 sq miles which is almost completely surrounded in coastline.
	www.visitingpurbeck.co.uk (309 words)

	Purbeck Guide, Your Guide to Places to Stay in Purbeck
		Its most famous export Purbeck Marble is not marble at all - its polishable limestone and perhaps most surprisingly, for an area that boasts scenery that is breathtaking, towns rich with history, a seaside resort, places designated of Special Scientific Interest and Nature Reserves you'd expect it to be over-run with tourists.
		Standing right in the heart of Purbeck is the picturesque town of Corfe with its dramatic ruins of a mediaeval Castle.
		In fact all along the Purbeck coast are secluded bays with steep cliffs that make exploration an exciting journey into the unknown.
	www.resort-guide.co.uk /pagedest.php3?destcode=5 (1207 words)

	Purbeck District Council - Purbeck Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Purbeck's outstanding landscapes, beautiful coastline and variety of wildlife attract ever increasing numbers of people.
		The area is one of the richest and most diverse for wildlife in the UK, but the pressures of visitors, changes in land use, and the rural economy have a serious impact, leading to erosion, traffic congestion and eventual decline in the quality of life.
		The Purbeck Heritage Committee was formed in 1993 to tackle these issues.
	www.purbeck.gov.uk /heritage/heritage_index.asp (99 words)

	Walking around Isle of Purbeck - Wareham, Swanage and Poole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Isle of Purbeck holds numerous delights for the walker.
		Purbeck's Biodiversity Action Plan has identified over 30 habitats and 200 species of conservation interest, making the district one of the richest in England.
		Quarrying for the highly regarded Purbeck marble, used since Roman times as a decorative stone, is still carried out in the vicinity of Langton Matravers, Acton and Kingston.
	www.walkingpages.co.uk /places/CPL_wareham.htm (1125 words)

	Purbeck Type Section -Durlston Bay, Swanage, Dorset, England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This classic Purbeck section of lagoonal and lacustrine limestones alternating with shales and marls is mainly of early Cretaceous age.
		You can easily distinguish Purbeck Marble from the other limestones around here because it consists of gastropod shells are almost circular in cross-section in a fine-grained calcite matrix, and the rock has a greenish, bluish or reddish tinge.
		On the right is a fragment of Purbeck Marble from an old shipwrecked slab at Stone Point near Lepe Beach,, Hampshire, south of the New Forest.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/durlston.htm (5630 words)

	THE CYCLIC STRUCTURE OF THE PURBECK GROUP, LOWER CRETACEOUS, DORSET, ENGLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Applying the 'Milankovitch' orbital-forcing model, the Purbeck Group at the type locality in Durlston Bay is divisible into meter-scale rock cycles and cycle sets (sequences).
		In the Purbeck Group coarse-grained skeletal limestone is the dominant facies at the base of cycles and low in cyclic sequences while fine carbonates, shale and soils characterize the upper parts of cycles and sequences.
		Magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic (ostracod and charophyte zonation) work by others indicates that the Purbeck Group in Dorset largely is correlative with the Berriasian Stage and represents 5-7 million years of deposition in the earliest Cretaceous.
	gsa.confex.com /gsa/2001NE/finalprogram/abstract_1657.htm (448 words)

	Giant Lizards - Purbeck's Dinosaurs
		The Isle of Purbeck bears witness to their past presence.
		It was a large meat-eater with an estimated weight of one ton.
		has ever been found but it is because of the well-preserved footprints which have been found in the Purbeck area that light has been shed on its movements and habits.
	www.accesslanguages.co.uk /pb2k/lizards.html (623 words)

	Purbeck Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Purbeck Film Festival is the largest and longest running rural film festival in the UK.
		It aims to bring a wide selection of thematically chosen films to entertain those within the community at large and especially those within Dorset.
		If you think you can help, or would like to become a friend of the festival, please take a look at the sponsors and friends page.
	www.purbeckfilm.com (305 words)

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