Bulmer Stone
Introduction
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Bulmer Stone
Image: © Chris Twigg Taken: 9 Apr 2012
A boulder of Shap granite left in the ice age, the name comes from Willy Bulmer the Borough Crier who announced the news in the early 19th Century. Also known at the Battling Stone when town weavers used to beat their flax on it
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Image Location
Latitude
54.529005
Longitude
-1.553101