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Vickerstown Park, Walney Island
Vickerstown Park
locality:-   Vickerstown
locality:-   Walney Island
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   recreation ground
coordinates:-   SD185687
1Km square:-   SD1868
10Km square:-   SD16


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BUV42.jpg  Coat of arms.
(taken 1.7.2011)  


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BUV39.jpg  Weathervane.
(taken 1.7.2011)  


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BUV40.jpg  Glacial erratic.
(taken 1.7.2011)  
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BUV41.jpg  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" (taken 1.7.2011)  

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