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Norber Erratics 20 miles away from Skipton. The Norber Erratics are glacially-transported sandstone boulders found
near Austwick in North Yorkshire. They were eroded from cliffs 1km away
to the north in Crummackdale and were deposited at Norber on Carboniferous
limestones when the ice melted about 15000 years ago. Some of the larger
erratics have protected the limestone beneath them while the surrounding
surface has slowly been dissolved away by acid soil-water. These erratics
now rest on upstanding blocks of limestone, known as pedestals, some of
which reach 60cm in height.
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CragFace Walk : From Austwick to the Norber Erratics. Links
Text by Brian Parry. Images by CragFace.
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