Stratigraphic Stairway
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Stratigraphic Stairway
Image: © Chris Wimbush Taken: 20 Mar 2006
In Greehead Moss Community Nature Park. Open-cast mining has removed peat down to bedrock, each step indicates how old the peat is at that level
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Image Location
Latitude
55.775179
Longitude
-3.898039