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Hallelujah Bay
Hallelujah Bay is a bay located on the west side (West Weares area) of the Isle of Portland in Dorset, UK, and is part of the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site. The bay can be viewed from above on the western clifftops, or reached by a dead end footpath commencing from the Chiswell esplanade. Further south alongside the west side of Portland is Clay Ope, which then leads to Blacknor Point, Mutton Cove, Wallsend Cove and Portland Bill respectively. Near the cove is a large mound of rock and earth beneath the clifftops known locally as the Green Hump.
==History==
The quarryman Hiram Otter became a stalwart of Portland's new Salvation Army Corps around 1885, and at this time he began creating a public footpath to continue from Chesil Cove, beneath West Weares, to the headland at Tar Rocks and Clay Ope beyond. The pathway was almost single-handedly created by Otter. He became renowned for the fact that he would etch biblical inscriptions onto the boulders he successfully moved. Otter would then cry "Alleluia!" when each text was completed. As a result he christened the bay as Alleluia Bay (or Hallelujah Bay), which then became the local name for the indented coast between the Chesil Cove and Tar Rocks.〔http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=29792〕
In 2012, the bay was used for an artistic celebration to coincide with Portland hosting the sailing events of the 2012 London Olympics. A large number of stacked towers of stone pebbles were balanced by a hundred locals of all ages. The event was organised by Portland Stone Stax (a group of three local artists). The event was held again at the bay in 2013, but due to access reasons the 2014 event was held in Chesil Cove.
The path, an official public right of way, has been subject to landslips over the decades, which has caused Weymouth & Portland Borough Council to alter the course of the footpath. The successive councils have made continuous attempts to maintained the pathway, although it started to become neglected during the late 1980s.〔http://www.geoffkirby.co.uk/Portland/680725/〕 In April 2014 the path was officially closed by the council due to landslides and falling rocks.
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