1. The wood is a beech plantation on a chalk scarp slope and plateau. 2. Caburn is unusual within the South Downs for having a south-facing scarp slope . 3. There is plenty of evidence of chalk extraction on the Downs particularly along the scarp slope . 4. The boundary of the hills is clearly defined on the north west side by the scarp slope . 5. The steep scarp slope overlooking the Dearne Valley south of the village contains the remains of horse gin. 6. "' Batcombe "'is a small straggling village and scarp slope of the Dorset Downs. 7. To the north and west, this plateau terminates in steep and, in places, cliffy scarp slopes . 8. Running in parallel at the foot of the scarp slope is another more ancient route, the Pilgrims Way. 9. One flank of the strike ridge is a steep slope cutting across several bedrock layers ( antidip or scarp slope ). 10. Talus flatirons lie within the scarp slope & ndash; and pediment flatirons occur within the transition zone between scarp and foreland.