Erratic boulder by the footpath
Introduction
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Erratic boulder by the footpath
Image: © Karl and Ali Taken: 1 Dec 2012
The smooth, rolling hills around Skelsmergh are drumlins formed from boulder clay and debris dumped here by glaciers. This boulder and many more nearby are Shap granite and must have been brought here by ice moving from the north over several intervening ridges.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.356797
Longitude
-2.711931