🪸 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
📌 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 ...