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<< Our Photo Pages >> Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Greater Manchester

Submitted by Sunny100 on Sunday, 23 May 2010  Page Views: 11561

Natural PlacesSite Name: Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder Alternative Name: The Broadfield Park Stone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.254 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Greater Manchester Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Rochdale  Nearest Village: Mitchell Hey
Map Ref: SD896130
Latitude: 53.613444N  Longitude: 2.158675W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Sunny100 visited on 1st Jan 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Fairly easy to reach once you are in the park.

Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder
Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder submitted by Sunny100 : Glacial Erratic Boulder, Broadfield Park, Rochdale, at SD.896130 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Greater Manchester
A Glacial Erratic Boulder at SD.896130. This estimated five ton glacial boulder, made of Andecite, stands at the side of a footpath at the eastern end of Broadfield Park, Rochdale, close to the St Alban's road entrance and not far from the bandstand. It had originally stood in a field at Cowm Top farm near Castleton, but was generously given as a gift to Broadfield Park.


Apparently, it came from the Borrowdale area of the Lake District, having been dragged along by the retreating glacial flow - which moved south through NW England and the N.Midlands many thousands of years ago (11,OOO years ago) being the most recent Ice Age - there were others before that.

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Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder
Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder submitted by Sunny100 : Glacial erratic boulder in Broadfield Park, Rochdale. Viewed from a different angle. Photo taken on 7.3.12. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder
Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder submitted by Sunny100 : Glacial boulder in Broadfield Park, Rochdale. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SD8913 : Rochdale, gateway by Mike Faherty
by Mike Faherty
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SD8912 : Bandstand, Broadfield Park by Kevin Waterhouse
by Kevin Waterhouse
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SD8912 : Broadfield Park bandstand by John M
by John M
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SD8912 : Rochdale, bandstand by Mike Faherty
by Mike Faherty
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SD8912 : Winter view of Broadfield Park by Bill Boaden
by Bill Boaden
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Re: Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder by Sunny100 on Thursday, 21 February 2013
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Okay, I take that as being Cowm Top Farm near Whitworth, Rochdale.
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Re: Broadfield Park Glacial Boulder by Anonymous on Wednesday, 20 February 2013
It is Cowm Top Farm not Crown [Updated]
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