Purbeck Essays

  • Tourism in The Isle of Purbeck

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    Tourism in The Isle of Purbeck HYPOTHESIS: =========== Tourism does more harm than good in The Isle of Purbeck Of Purbeck. Tourism should not be promoted or encouraged. WHERE IS IT? ============ Swanage is in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. The Isle of Purbeck is known to many different kinds of facilities to suit everyone's needs, one of the most populist features that The Isle of Purbeck has to offer is the award winning beaches. Because of the various types of attractions The

  • Coastal Landforms and Features Related to the Rock Type of the Area

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    Type of the Area Coastal landforms and features are related to the rock type (geology) of the area. To collect information for hypothesis1 we visited a number of places. These are all recorded by number on the geological map of the Isle of Purbeck. This also served as a location map (see M1 for details). * Man O War Cove * Lulworth Cove * North Swanage Bay * South Swanage Bay * Redend point * North Studland Beach * South Studland Beach * Sandbanks * Bournemouth

  • The Questions of the Salisbury Cathedral

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    The Salisbury Cathedral is one of a kind. It is still standing after hundreds of years. I just recently just saw the beautiful building while flipping through our art history text book and it immediately caught my eye. I wanted to do more research about this cathedral and learn more about it. Who built it, why was it built, where is it located, and what happened in the cathedral? These are some of the questions that I want to figure out and more. Salisbury Cathedral is the tallest and biggest cathedral

  • Ian Fleming Research Paper

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    it fresh (Critical Survey 630.) In 1910 Fleming’s father went to into politics and had to go away to France for some time so the duties of raising children fell to Fleming’s mother. She decided to send her children to Durnford Boarding School on Purbeck Isle in Dorset in 1916. It was a very nice school, it promoted individuality and it embraced the childrens quirks.It also embraced imagination and freedom to do as the children pleased. The school’s only serious downfall was that the hands-off approach

  • The Contrast between Gothic Architecture and Romanesque Architecture

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    The Romanesque and Gothic architecture period both occurred during the Middle Ages with the Gothic period taking place during the later half. Gothic and Romanesque architecture were related in many ways, but they also contrasted in style too. Over time, masons began to test the waters and push the limits. They thought of new ways to add lighting and ways to allow more height to the building without it being to heavy and weak. Many of the reasons for the change in styles had a lot to do with society

  • Personal Experience: My Passion and Enjoyment for The Arhitecture of London

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    1. INTRODUCTION 'My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can affect the quality of life of the people.' – Richard Rogers Since the beginning of mankind, architecture was present in human’s life. Building first evolved out of the dynamics between needs (shelter, security, and worship) and means (available building materials and attendant skills). As the cultures developed, human’s knowledge developed

  • Managing Lukworth Cove

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    and east Devon's World Heritage site. Rangers managed the whole area. It was formed 10,000 years ago by the power of the sea and a river. It continues to change as the narrow entrance is made from Portland stone but the rocks behind are softer (Purbeck, Wealdon, Greensand and chalk) so are more easily eroded. I am going to investigate Hypothesis which is " Lulworth Cove does not need to be managed, as it remains unaffected by physical and human geographical processes." This really means