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WHINSTONE BOULDERS. 
g. Near Greengates, in Lune... ee dis fio GOO 
to. In Middle Park, in Lune .. wn ves 75° 
11. Near East Field, south side a livhway os , SOO 
Remarks :— 
No. 1. By highway, north side, embedded in the ground; of 
considerable size ; smooth ; no striz. 
No. 2. In the middle of Lune, large cubical block two or three 
tons weight probably ; } corners worn off ; no strize. 
No. 3. In the Lune below the church, 3 ft. 6 in.x1 ft. 7 in. x 
2 ft. 6 in., smooth ; corners worn off. | 
No. 4. Rochon near No. 3, good size, cubical, corners worn off. 
No. 5. Formerly near No. 3, fragments still existing. 
No. 6. In Hind’s field near Lunebridge, north side, embedded 
in ground, now in the Park, Middleton-in-Teesdale ; nearly 
two tons on weighing machine 
No. 7. Close to No. 6, larger, blasted by the farmer, fragments 
still to be seen. a 
No. 8. Very similar to No. 2; blasted a shox: time ago ‘and : 
fragments now used. as copings of the ¢ Rose and oven 
garden wall. 7 
Nos. 9 and ro are very large blocks chubecided in the soil, and 
No. 11 is a cubical mass with angles rounded off. 
A few small Shap boulders may be seen in private grounds. a 
: P.S.—It is a very curious fact that all the Shap Granite boulders 
found i in this district occur only i in the valley of the Lune. — 
_ Supposin been 1 in on ice from Shap 
Sell, the mountainous ridge forming the boundary between Yorkshire 
_ and Westmorland (Lune Street), at least 1,532 feet high, would have : a 
ws be crossed, and as the mountain ridge between Lune Valley and oS 
oe Tees Valley, in its eastern part, does not rise near so high, it might Ce 
__ be supposed that a few boulders would find their Mend here and. — oS 
Le into Teesdale. : 
ae ee solid iy Ms. W. Gres, FCS, ey ee 
1.—On seabig® Farm, Tanfield, three miles horn. nee ee 
joulder, 32 x 28x 39 in., embedded about oe 
ongest axis S.E. about parallel with 
top S.E. and N.W.; about 300 ft 
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