Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura or Anarajapura , city (1995 est. pop. 40,000), N central Sri Lanka, on the Aruvi River. Rice plantations and vegetable gardens surround the city, which is famous chiefly for its vast Buddhist ruins and as a pilgrimage center. Founded in 437 BC, it was the capital of a Sinhalese kingdom and a Buddhist center until the 8th cent. AD, when, after a Tamil invasion, it was abandoned in favor of Pollonarrua. Ruins include several colossal stupas (some larger than the pyramids of Egypt), a temple hewn from rock, and the Brazen Palace (so called from its metal roof). A sacred bo tree at Anuradhapura was grown from a slip of the tree at Bodh Gaya, India, under which Buddha reputedly attained enlightenment. The Archaeological Survey of Sri Lanka has its headquarters in the city.
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The Isle of Purbeck
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill; 9/12/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...other way around. Arrival was in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, which has been my place...his footsteps? Most of the Isle of Purbeck was owned by the Bankes family for...Communications. Photograph (Horses on Purbeck Heath.)
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Snapping up Swanage With prices a fraction of those in Bournemouth and a television star moving in, the sleepy Isle of Purbeck has become Dorset's surprise hotspot, writes June Field
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...hut owner. Although not technically an island, the Isle of Purbeck, a sparsely populated corner of south-east Dorset...director of Harbourfront Properties, in Sandbanks. "Purbeck offers a different pace of life, but with Poole's...
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Travel: Life with the fossils Sunday Cycle In a new monthly series of biking and hiking tours of the British Isles, Nicholas Crane takes a spin around the Isle of Purbeck
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/16/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...to resume our two-day exploration of Purbeck - the curious limb of hill and vale which...towards the Himalayan silhouette of the Purbeck Hills. We were a disparately equipped...shorter, day of cycling took us over the Purbeck Hills on an Alpine switchback and thence...
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Genesis of tectonic inversion structures: Seismic evidence for the development of key structures along the Purbeck-isle of wight disturbance
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...immediate hanging wall to the Purbeck Fault, a reactivated major...dipping steep limb of the Purbeck Monocline at Ballard Down...Basin of South Dorset and the Isle of Wight (Fig. 1) is arguably...found along the length of the Purbeck-Isle of Wight Disturbance...
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Spring at its finest in...Perfect Purbeck; In the footsteps of the Famous Five, Gareth Huw Davies discovers a Dorset delight.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 3/20/2005; 700+ words
; ...must visit' list. Now, a quirk of geography means the Isle of Purbeck does not encourage impulse visits. It seems tantalisingly...A35, hurrying down to Devon and Cornwall, while the isle hides behind Corfe Castle, ruined and inscrutable on...
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Discussion on late Quaternary evolution of the upper reaches of the Solent River, Southern England, based upon marine geophysical evidence
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...some of which cut the line of the Purbeck-Isle of Wight monocline, is a most...of the Chalk subcrop along the Purbeck-Isle of Wight monocline. This...for. Before the sea breached the Purbeck-Isle of Wight monocline, the...
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History is all mapped out
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 7/31/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Treswell's magnificent Survey of the Isle of Purbeck in 1586 is one of two gems from...collection of maps of the Isle of Purbeck in "Dorsetshire" including the...Hatton. The volume contains seven Purbeck maps including a ground plan of...
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Travel: Q & A - The village where it's always 1943 The Independent Parent: Your Questions Answered
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/9/2000; 700+ words
; ...the Southwest Peninsula Coast Path on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. Unfortunately, heading eastwards...been inconvenienced by the activities on Purbeck. In 1943 this area of the Isle of Purbeck (which is really a peninsula) was requisitioned...
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Dorset days.
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 7/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...if you don't play golf, the Isle of Purbeck course - it was once owned by Enid...We to . For more on holidays in Purbeck contact 0870 4420680/ mail@swanage...k ; 019 2 9 5 5 2 74 0 /tic@purbeck-dc. gov. uk or go to and visitswanageandpurbeck...
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Scenic escape route from credit crunch; With the cost of travelling abroad on the up Frank Corless finds plenty to enjoy closer to home: Enjoy taste of best of British.
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 6/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...more information about holidays in Purbeck contact Information Centres at...Or Wareham 01929 552740/ tic@purbeck-dc.gov.uk Or visit the website...if you don't play golf, the Isle of Purbeck course - once owned by Enid Blyton...
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Isle of Purbeck
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Isle of Purbeck peninsula, c.12 mi (20 km) long and c.8 mi (13 km...from east to west. The region is noted for the production of Purbeck marble and china clay. Purbeck was a favorite hunting ground of Saxon and Norman kings. The...
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Purbeck
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...field work, and nuclear power plant operation comprise Purbeck's economic activities. The region was once thought...the district's varied strata appeals to geologists. Purbeck gets its name from the ancient Isle of Purbeck.
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Purbeck marble
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Purbeck marble. A hard, shelly limestone from quarries in the Isle of Purbeck (a peninsula rather than an island), Dorset. It is the nearest approximation to a true marble quarried in England and can be cut to moderately fine detail. When...
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Corfe castle
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...isolated hill along the spine of the Isle of Purbeck, between Wareham and Swanage, guarding the routeways into Purbeck. Corfe was perhaps the site of...the royal forest and warren of Purbeck, was a favourite residence of...
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Fitton, William Henry
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...along the south coast of the Isle of Wight, already described...Beds Between the Chalk and the Purbeck Limestone in the South-east...of the southern half of the Isle of Wight and geological sections...in the Weald but also in the Isle of Wight and on the Dorset coast...
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