Talk:White cliffs of Dover
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The picture displays to the extreme left, under the sidebar, for me. Hyacinth 21:22, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Yes, Steinsky, you are right, the "White Cliffs" are indeed at the end of the "North Downs Way". Apologies are in order. Dieter Simon 23:10, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Birds of Prey
I have deleted reference to birds of prey nesting here as the bird mentioned is a Schedule 1 protected species and the nest has been robbed before. It is therefore best not to advertise their presence.--twitter 10:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Albion
Perhaps there should be something on how the white cliffs led to the island of Great Britain being known to the romans as Albion (the white island). Then in general seperate into sections the parts about the geological history and cultural history.
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- Well, go ahead if you have sources you can cite to that effect. It is important that you substantiate your point, otherwise it will be reverted for lack of cited facts. Dieter Simon 21:58, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Around seventy million years ago Britain was submerged by a shallow sea. The sea bottom was made of a white mud formed from the fragments of coccoliths - the skeletons of tiny algae which floated in the surface waters of the sea. This mud was later to become the chalk. It is thought that the chalk was deposited very slowly, probably only half a millimeter a year - equivalent to about 180 coccoliths piled one on top of another. In spite of this, up to 500 metres of chalk were deposited in places. The coccoliths are too small to be seen without a powerful microscope but if you look carefully you will find fossils of some of the larger inhabitants of the chalk sea such as sponges, shells, ammonites and urchins.
[edit] Seven Sisters
I thought I'd cross-post here a question I've just asked over at Talk:Seven Sisters, Sussex as to why the Seven Sisters are sometimes used instead of the real White Cliffs of Dover in some historical movies etc. Is it because, as I saw somewhere, that the area around Dover is burdened with anachronistic developments? If someone could verify this somehow (a photo might demonstrate the point, if it is the development thing), it probably ought to go into the Culture section of this article too. - IMSoP 10:50, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Capitalisation
Shouldn't this article be called White Cliffs of Dover, with a capital C? Andrew (My talk) 18:36, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
- yes of course Peter Shearan (talk) 14:54, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Why the gap?
It says - "the cliffs spread east and west from the town of Dover", but no reason for that is mentioned. Like the Seven Sisters, the cliffs are the sea-eroded remains of the chalk Downs, and the valleys represent the valleys on its edge.This one has the River Dour cutting through it Peter Shearan (talk) 14:54, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
