Map of glacial limits for the Devensian in Wales, assembled by the Geological Survey from many sources, and further modified since. The map also shows the contacts between Welsh ice and Irish Sea ice, ice drainage channels, major glaciers and ice streams, and some features on the ground.
The arrows for Irish Sea Glacier movements are very generalised. Some of them refer to the Devensian glacial episode, and some to the Anglian. Almost all of the limits shown on this map are subject to further debate and correction. But we are getting there.....
The Devensian ice limit in Pembrokeshire is mine -- other published lines are demonstrably wrong, since they do not accord with the field evidence.
Click to enlarge.
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
1 comment:
Good clear illustration of Wales in the Devensian, with your amendments for Pembrokeshire. Thanks.
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