2015

SD2997 : Willy Scrow

taken 8 years ago, near to Coniston, Cumbria, England

Willy Scrow
Willy Scrow
A pointed plug of volcanic rock standing up from a sea of bracken at the foot of the Old Man of Coniston.
Geology around Coniston

The fells surrounding Coniston occur at the south eastern edge of the Borrowdale Volcanic Group. In the Ordovician period these rocks were formed of volcanic lavas and pyroclastic flows which erupted 450 million years ago during a phase of cataclysmic volcanism. About 2 million years ago glaciers and ice sheets covered most of mainland Britain. These glacial episodes were interspersed with warmer interglacials and it was the action of glaciers and meltwater, frost conditions and slope action during this period which shaped most of the surface detail of the Lake District recognisable today.

This is an extremely simplified version of what happened. Follow this LinkExternal link for a more detailed description of the geology of the Lake District.


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SD2997, 44 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Kate Jewell   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 30 December, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 5 January, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 2908 9757 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:22.1211N 3:5.5855W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 2888 9706
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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