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Cave Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Keeve's Hole 1861 ib
  • Caves Hole 1892 Map

Etymology

, 1774 Hutch1 , 1861 Hutch3 , Keeve 's Hole 1861 ib, Caves Hole 1892 Map , described in Hutch 1 as ' a cavern … in the shape of a dome perforated at the top ' through which the sea is forced during a storm , v. cave , hol 1 , cf. Blow Holesupra .

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