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Vickerstown Park, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, SD185687 -- Glacial erratic, plaque:-
"THIS GRANITE BOULDER / TRANSPORTED BY ICE FROM ESKDALE / CUMBERLAND, WAS FOUND IN THE / UPPER BOULDER CLAY 17 FEET BELOW / THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND 400 / YARDS S.S.W. OF THIS SPOT IN THE / YEAR 1902. WEIGHT 3 TONS 18 CWT. / ENGRAVED AND PRESENTED BY HARPER GAYTHORPE, BARROW" (photo 1.7.2011)

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