A closer look at one of the Wickenstones
Introduction
The photograph on this page of A closer look at one of the Wickenstones by Jonathan Kington as part of the Geograph project.
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A closer look at one of the Wickenstones
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 20 Jul 2011
This is a more detailed view using telephoto assistance of the huge gritstone boulder that appears in Image, to give an idea of scale the Foxglove plant in front of it is approximately 60cm (2 feet) high. The Wickenstones are a linear outcropping of Gritstone that some claim to be the most southerly point of the Pennine chain.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.111797
Longitude
-2.153084