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The joys of 'urban geology': How to find fossils (and other discoveries) in your city's buildings.
If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and history, from fascinating fossils to unusual rocks.
#UrbanGeology #Geology #Fossils #Rocks #Cities #PortlandStone #UrbanExploring #London
Glorious day visiting fascinating Portland Bill, Dorset, where ghosts of the former industry of stone quarrying still linger. A huge quay was hewn from the rock that today is steadily falling away. The hoist that once lowered blocks of Portland Stone into vessels below stands rusting but still in use to lower fishing boats into the sea.
Graveyard on the dorset island of Portland. Home of #PortlandStone all the monuments are ancient and the place is windswept but because they are made of such strong beautiful stone the intricate carvings and details are intact! This place is eerie even in summer. #graveyardscene #cemeteryLove #islandofportland (locals have an abiding superstition that it's very bad luck to say or write the word "rabbit") #portland #islandlife #KeepPortlandWeird