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139. Marshwood and Powerstock Vales
• Bowl-shaped clay vale surrounded by irregular ridges and hills of Upper Greensand with deeply-incised valleys.
• Pasture vale landscape with ribbons of woodland, regular field pattern and abundant hedgerow oaks.
• Scattered hamlets and farms linked by narrow, winding lanes in the clay vale: many compact villages on the valley floors elsewhere.
• Wooded and heathy scarps.
• Upper Greensand summits and conical hills with patches of heathland.
• Distinctive coastline with undulating farmland to cliff edge; slumped, mobile cliffs are punctuated by prominent headlands.
• Attractive stone buildings built of limestone and Ham Hill Stone.
• Prominent hillforts overlooking the vales.
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