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Cover Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of East Lulworth

Etymology

, a sea cave , v. hol 1 , cf. coverhole ' a hole provided with a lid or cover ' ( 1669 NED ) ; the bluff above the cave is called Culver by Short 45 .