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🪸 Dorset and East Devon Coast: Orcombe Rocks to Chit Rocks, Sidmouth

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🪸 Dorset and East Devon Coast: Orcombe Rocks to Chit Rocks, Sidmouth
Geological sequence spanning 185 million years of Earth history, Triassic to Jurassic period, near Sidmouth, Devon


🕐 4 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 17:42

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📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Exmouth to Sidmouth, Devon, England
  • Rock age: Triassic to Jurassic, approximately 250–180 million years old
  • UNESCO inscription: 2001
  • Key feature: Red sandstones and mudstones with Permian-Triassic boundary rocks visible

Orcombe Rocks to Chit Rocks is a coastal section in Devon that exposes sedimentary sequences spanning the transition ...

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