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The Bowder Stone, Grange in Borrowdale
The Bowder Stone, Grange in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Some think this 11m tall, 1,250 ton boulder, precariously balancing on a narrow edge is an erratic (a glacial deposit), but most believe it has simply become dislodged and fallen down the hillside. In 1798 a Keswick eccentric called Joseph Pocklington saw tourist potential in the stone. He built a cottage and small chapel there, then drilled a hole through the base of the rock and encouraged visitors to shake hands underneath it. He also erected a Druid Stone nearby.
Author: Joan Martin
© Joan Martin (PHOTO NORTH). All Rights Reserved.
Photograph size: 15.4 Mpixels (43.9 MB uncompressed) - 4800x3200 pixels (16x10.7 in / 40.6x27.1 cm at 300 ppi)
Photograph keywords: Borrowdale, Bowder Stone, erratic, Grange, Grange in Borrowdale, Joseph Pocklington, Lake District, rock, steps, woodland
Published in: Borrowdale and Watendlath
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