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'''Scratchy's Bottom''' (or '''Scratchy Bottom''') is a clifftop valley between [[Durdle Door]] and [[Swyre Head, Lulworth|Swyre Head]] in [[Dorset]], [[England]].<ref>Rude Britain: The 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain by Ed Hurst and Rob Bailey ISBN 0752225812 |
'''Scratchy's Bottom''' (or '''Scratchy Bottom''') is a clifftop valley between [[Durdle Door]] and [[Swyre Head, Lulworth|Swyre Head]] in [[Dorset]], [[England]].<ref>Rude Britain: The 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain by Ed Hurst and Rob Bailey ISBN 0752225812 |
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Scratchy's Bottom (orScratchy Bottom) is a clifftop valley between Durdle Door and Swyre HeadinDorset, England.[1]Adry valley in the chalk, it is surrounded by farmland at its sides and landward end, with cliffs at the seaward end.
The name is thought to refer to a rough hollow.[2]
Scratchy Bottom was the location for the opening of the 1967 film Far from the Madding Crowd, in a scene in which Gabriel Oak's sheep are driven over a cliff by his sheepdog.[3]
50°37′25″N 02°16′52″W / 50.62361°N 2.28111°W / 50.62361; -2.28111
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