Tag: Shropshire
Quaternary Shropshire – The Condover Mammoth
It’s September 1986, and Eve Roberts from the village of Bayston Hill is walking her dogs around the edge of a gravel pit at Norton Farm, Condover when she noticed a large bone sticking out of a mound of clay & peat: the bone… Continue Reading “Quaternary Shropshire – The Condover Mammoth”
Quaternary Shropshire – The Landscape
The Quaternary Period started 2.6 million years ago and has lasted until the present day (though this is debatable in connection with the concept of the Anthropocene). The Quaternary is divided into two Epochs; the Pleistocene and the Holocene. The Pleistocene is often referred… Continue Reading “Quaternary Shropshire – The Landscape”
Gibble's Globe 