Construction workers unearthed a prehistoric ice boulder - glacial erratic - that could be 2 million years old at a conctruction site in Everett, Wa in Nov 2014.
Os grid reference SD 83176 66229. About 1 mile to the east of Langcliffe village, near Langcliffe High Mill, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, stands a huge glacial erratic boulder that is locally called Samson's Toe. It is located in an area of limestone ridges and scars known as 'Whinskill', which is probably a…
Rocking stones (also known as logan stones or logans) are large stones that are so finely balanced that the application of just a small force causes them to rock. They are found throughout the world. Some are man made megaliths, but others are…
Der Felsbrocken stoppte vor 101 Jahren am Bahnhof Thielplatz in Zehlendorf die Uroma der Kanzler-U-Bahn U5.
Erratic dome-shaped block of compact chloritic rock near the Richmond Meeting-house, Berkshire, Massachusetts, lat. 42° 25′ N. Length, fifty-two feet; width, forty feet; height above the soil, fifteen feet.
finished boulder
This boulder used to be a boundary stone between North and South Stonefields
Glacial Boulder, Manchester, UK
Smiling Lady Posing on Boulder
Os grid reference SD 83176 66229. About 1 mile to the east of Langcliffe village, near Langcliffe High Mill, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, stands a huge glacial erratic boulder that is locally called Samson's Toe. It is located in an area of limestone ridges and scars known as 'Whinskill', which is probably a…
Zwerfkei met opschrift, Burdaard, Nederland
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The glacial erratic in the churchyard at Eglwys Sadwrn Sant is an appropriate memorial to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsey (1814-91). He was President of the Royal Geological Society and did pioneer geological work in North Wales.
chalk boulder
Smiling Lady Posing on Boulder
Man on Roadside Boulder Rock Misframed
Visitors to the Kielder Stone in 1953. Walking three times widdershins (anti-clockwise, looking from above) around the stone is variously said to be good or bad luck. Its hard to see why anyone would deliberately or accidentally walk around the Stone three times, to get bad luck, so perhaps its good luck.
