Purbeck

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  1. 1
    A peninsula in Dorset, England; in full, Isle of Purbeck.
  2. 2
    A former local government district in Dorset, abolished on 1 April 2019 and merged into the Dorset unitary authority.

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"The Purbeck beds follow the line of the Jurassic outcrop from Dorsetshire, through the Vale of Wardour, Swindon, Garsington, Brill and Aylesbury."

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Purbeck stone

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