Gaulter Cottages across Gaulter Gap

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The photograph on this page of Gaulter Cottages across Gaulter Gap by Jim Champion as part of the Geograph project.

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Gaulter Cottages across Gaulter Gap

Image: © Jim Champion Taken: 16 Apr 2008

The steps in the foreground lead down from the car park to a bridge across the stream that flows down from Kimmeridge into the bay. The left turn leads down to the beach in Kimmeridge Bay, the right turn leads up more steps to Gaulter Cottages. The practice of spreading shale-ash (and the contents of cess-pits) on plots as a fertiliser was called 'gaulting', and gave the Gaulter Gap its name. The shale from the local cliffs was burnt as fuel, known as 'Kimmeridge coal'.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.612079
Longitude
-2.131245