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Polissoirs in Cumbria, England
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18,000 years ago Cumbria was covered in a deep blanket of ice. This ice sheet scoured the country of all pre-existing life. When the ice eventually retreated, a rich forest of deciduous trees took its place - a thick dense wood which climbed much higher up the slopes of the Cumbrian mountains than the trees grow today. The hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic period gradually came north into this wilderness.
A large stone that has marks left from the polishing of stone axes and similar tools in ancient times. Also known as a Polishing Stone 
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Wetheral Woods Sharpening stone . Polissoir in Cumbria
Posted by NicolaDidsbury on Sunday, 20 April 2025
Condition: 4, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
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