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Description: | View of Shanklin Chine in the south east of the Isle of Wight. 'Chine' is a word of Saxon origin and is now used only in the Isle of Wight and Dorset. It means a deep narrow ravine that leads to the sea, which was formed by water cutting through soft sandstone. The island has a number of Chines, the largest being at Blackgang. Shanklin’s ravine is very dramatic and falls 150 feet in just a quarter of a mile. The Saxon name for this area was Scenc-hlinc, which means 'cup in the rising ground’, and when the Domesday Book was written in the 11th Century it was known as Sencling which meant ‘hill with a spring’. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | R. Harraden & Son | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Harraden, R. B. | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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