Nicodemus Knob

Nicodemus Knob ginshiƙi ne mai ƙafa 30 na Dutsen Portland, wanda aka bar a matsayin alama da kuma dutsen dutse a Gabashin Cliff a Tsibirin Portland, Dorset, Ingila. Irin wannan ginshiƙi na wucin gadi da aka kafa ta hanyar dutse shine Pulpit Rock a Portland Bill . 

 Tarihi 
An bar Nicodemus Knob a matsayin ginshiƙi a cikin tsohon Admiralty Quarries, wanda ya ba da dutse don ragowar ruwa na Portland Harbour tsakanin 1849-72. Yana nuna yadda masu laifi suka tono dutse daga wuraren da aka yi amfani da su; an dauki kimanin tan miliyan shida na dutse daga yankin, ta amfani da ma'aikatan da aka yanke musu hukunci daga Cibiyar Kula da Yanayi ta Portland da ke kusa.

Manufar tarin ba ta da tabbas. Wasu sun yi imanin cewa an bar shi a matsayin alamar teku, yayin da wasu suka ba da shawarar cewa abin tunawa ne ga kokarin waɗanda suka motsa dutse mai yawa daga shafin, ko kuma kawai don nuna yawan dutse da aka tono, don haka yin rikodin matakin ƙasa na halitta. Kusa da Nicodemus Knob akwai ƙananan filaye da yawa, waɗanda aka kewaye da ganuwar dutse. Kusa da tarin akwai wasu wuraren rectangular da Portland Port Ltd ta yi amfani da su a matsayin wurin ajiyar masana'antu. An lura da yankin a matsayin "mai arziki na tsire-tsire", yayin da ake yawan ganin tsuntsaye masu ƙaura a yankin.

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