Varied geology in a drystone wall
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Varied geology in a drystone wall
Image: © Karl and Ali Taken: 20 Apr 2013
In this short stretch of wall can be found stones of pink Shap granite, local Silurian siltstone, a kind of reddish sandstone and limestone (the big block at ground level). Some were probably moved here by past glaciers.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.474608
Longitude
-2.65009