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Caption: DANCING LEDGE Dorset, England
Caption: Dancing Ledge is a flat rocky area below a small cliff.
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Caption: It forms part of the South West Coastal Path near the town of Swanage.
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Caption: Beneath the cliffs was a mine. Portland stone was extracted from here until the mid-1800s.
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Caption: See the ruts? Carts carrying great stone slabs made these as quarrymen heaved them seaward.
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Caption: Stone left by sea but an altogether more profitable cargo was landed.
Barrels of spirits, vinegar, pepper and China tea were hidden by the smugglers in the village church roof.
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Caption: Seawater shimmering on the pitted ledge rock appears to dance.
This is part of the Jurassic Coast. Can you see the ammonite fossil?
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Caption: A hundred years ago a pool was carved out of the ledge for local school swimmers; today, a barrel jellyfish glides in and out.
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