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Guildford Building Stones Walk 29th April 2001

The walk was a replacement for a geowalk which had to be cancelled due the foot and mouth disease. Di Smith stepped in at short notice and saved the day.


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Di Smith sets the scene with a short history of the town.
© Paul Hetherington

We started beside the Wey Navigation
© Paul Hetherington

One of the new information plaques - this one is about the chalk quarry
© Paul Hetherington

Guildford Castle
© Paul Hetherington

The beautiful grounds of the Castle
© Iain Fletcher

The medieval portion of Holy Trinity Church
© Paul Hetherington

Medieval Diaper Work
© Jim Phillips

Close-up of the Diaper Work - dressed Flints and Sarsen
© Iain Fletcher

A typical OUGS scene
© Paul Hetherington

Examining Serpentinite
© Paul Hetherington

Granite with degraded feldspar crystals
© Paul Hetherington

Echinoid plates outside M&S
© Paul Hetherington

St Mary's Church - the tower (below the battlements) is Saxon
© Paul Hetherington

Close-up of the Saxon lesnis in the tower
© Jim Phillips

 

 

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