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...
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Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Perched block near Lake Superior
This is rather splendid a perched erratic block left at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation not far from the shore of Lake Superior. it was published on Pinterest -- not sure who the photographer was.....
That looks fabulous. I am presuming it is natural. By contast to the surrounding trees it looks huge too.
I know of two large-ish size rocks perched atop of other rocks in Pembrokeshire, one is on the rocky spur called Corner Llain-Shelby on Dinas mountain and the other (a little bit more well known) is a part of the outcrops at Canerdd Meibion Owen at Tycanol.
Those are the two that i can remember seeing quite recently.
There are others too -- just put "perched blocks" into the search box, and you'll be able to see some others from Pembs and further afield. You get perched blocks in unglaciated terrain too -- particularly in granite country.
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That looks fabulous. I am presuming it is natural. By contast to the surrounding trees it looks huge too.
I know of two large-ish size rocks perched atop of other rocks in Pembrokeshire, one is on the rocky spur called Corner Llain-Shelby on Dinas mountain and the other (a little bit more well known) is a part of the outcrops at Canerdd Meibion Owen at Tycanol.
Those are the two that i can remember seeing quite recently.
There are others too -- just put "perched blocks" into the search box, and you'll be able to see some others from Pembs and further afield. You get perched blocks in unglaciated terrain too -- particularly in granite country.
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