The Devil's Punch Bowl is a large natural amphitheatre, and a popular beauty spot near Hindhead, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. The land is now owned and maintained by the National Trust. Hindhead Youth Hostel is located inside the bowl. Hindhead is a village on the A3 road in Surrey, about 10 miles south-west of Guildford. ... This is about Surrey, England. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... Youth hostel in Rome. ...

The soil in this part of Surrey has two layers - an upper layer of sandstone, with clay beneath. This deep depression is believed to be the result of erosion caused by spring water beneath the sandstone, causing the upper level to collapse. With its steep sides, the Devil’s Punchbowl has become a natural nature reserve, filled with heathland, streams and woodland. Red Sandstone in Wyoming Layered sandstone Sandstone is an arenaceous sedimentary rock composed mainly of feldspar and quartz and varies in colour (in a similar way to sand), through grey, yellow, red, and white. ... For the town in the United States, see Clay, New York. ...

However, local legend has a much more colourful theory as to its creation. According to one story, during the Middle Ages, the Devil became so irritated by all the churches being built in Sussex that he decided to dig a channel from the English Channel, through the South Downs, and flood the area. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. ... Sussex as a traditional county. ... The English Channel ( French:La Manche) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ... Near Beachy Head The South Downs is one of the two areas of chalk downland in southern England. ...

As he began digging, he threw up huge lumps of earth, each of which became a local landmark - such as Chanctonbury Ring, Cissbury Ring, Mount Caburn and Rackham Hill. He got as far as the village of Poynings (an area known as the Devil's Dyke) when he was disturbed by a cock crowing (one version of the story claims that it was the prayers of St Dunstan that made all the local cocks crow earlier than usual). Assuming that dawn was about to break, he leapt into Surrey, creating the Devil’s Punch Bowl where he landed. Dunstan is also a village in Northumberland, and a lake in New Zealand Dunstan shoeing the Devils hoof, as illustrated by George Cruikshank Dunstan (909 - May 19, 988) was an Archbishop of Canterbury (961 - 980) who was later canonized as a saint. ...