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Hob H
Hob Sep 4, 2005 00:55:31
Replying to Hob

>the closest I've yet seen is a few miles away at the Bowden Doors.

I've mentioned this place before with no refs, but there's almost no info on it anywhere, so I've bunged a few pics up here on tma:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/7519

I'll add some explanatory text when I'm a bit more compos mentis.

R rocknicker
rocknicker Sep 4, 2005 08:49:51
Replying to Hob

there has been some opinions that the grooves were "helped" but yeah one look at the local geology tells you it's just the way they are.

Of course, I reckon it was deliberate that they were stood end-on so that it got the "best" erosion...

Another place where this is really well illustrated is St Cuthbert's Cave:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/10882