2016
SD7086 : The centre of Dent and the memorial to Adam Sedgwick
taken 8 years ago, near to Dent, Cumbria, England
The centre of Dent and the memorial to Adam Sedgwick
Adam Sedgwick :: SD7087
Adam Sedgwick (22 March 1785 – 27 January 1873) was one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Devonian period of the geological timescale. Later, he proposed the Cambrian period, based on work which he did on Welsh rock strata.
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Dent
Dent is a village in Cumbria. It lies in Dentdale, a narrow valley on the western slopes of the Pennines within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is about 4 miles south east of Sedbergh and about 8 miles north east of Kirkby Lonsdale.
It is the home to Dent microbrewery and the birthplace of Adam Sedgewick, the Geologist.