Sandstone Disc, Crosby Ravensworth, Cumbria
N 54° 31.631 W 002° 35.162
30U E 526791 N 6042257
To mark the millennium change Crosby Ravensworth placed this sandstone disc on the grass verge, in the centre of the village.
Waymark Code: WMBD0E
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/08/2011
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The plaque reads.
"The stone was extracted from our quarry at Plumpton, near Lazonby in 1996. It is the remnant of a wind sculpted pillar of sandstone around 250 million years ago and is exactly as it came out of the ground. As a mark for the Millennium it perhaps puts time in perspective.
Cumbria Stone Quarries Ltd.
May 2000"
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