Here's another classic glacial landform from the west side of Rodloga Storskar in the Stockholm Archipelago. This is another piece of a roche moutonnee, but here we are looking straight at the plucked face -- ie the ice has come directly towards the camera. The great scar left following the removal of plucked blocks is truly spectacular.
I am rather convinced that this is the mechanism by which large blocks were dragged from the outcrops ar Rhosyfelin, during the Anglian Glaciation.......
How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
THE BOOK
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
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