Eype Mouth

Coordinates: 50°42′56″N 2°47′00″W / 50.7156°N 2.7832°W / 50.7156; -2.7832

Eype Mouth is a natural break in a line of sea cliffs on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in west Dorset on the south coast of England.[1][2] The small River Eype drains into the sea at this point. Eype means 'a steep place' in Old English.[3] The village of Eype (divided into the settlements Lower and Higher Eype) lies just upstream of the rivermouth, which is reached by a single narrow lane which runs down through Lower Eype to a shingle beach with car park.

The coast to the west of the rivermouth is a noted site for rare beetles.

Two species found here are unknown elsewhere in Britain:

Other rare beetles found at this site include the tiger beetle Cicindela germanica, the ground beetle Drypta dentata and the weevil Baris analis.

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 193 Taunton & Lyme Regis (Chard & Bridport) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231401.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780199609086.
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