Erratic Boulder, Wilton
Introduction
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Erratic Boulder, Wilton
Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 14 Mar 2007
This 3.8 ton piece of calcareous limestone (containing shells) was transported by glaciers and deposited on flood plain of the Tees between 70,000 and 13,000 years ago, the Wilton petrochemical works being built around it.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.586563
Longitude
-1.118275