Memorials & monuments · Scottish Lowlands
Boulder
Boulder — a memorial in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
Andrew Curtis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Boulder is a memorial located in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
In geology, a boulder is a rock fragment with size greater than 25.6 cm (10.1 in) in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive. In common usage, a boulder is too large for a person to move. Smaller boulders are usually just called rocks or stones.
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Background
Description
In places covered by ice sheets during ice ages, such as Scandinavia, northern North America, and Siberia, glacial erratics are common. Erratics are boulders picked up by ice sheets during their advance, and deposited when they melt. These boulders are called "erratic" because they typically are of a different rock type than the bedrock on which they are deposited. One such boulder is used as the pedestal of the Bronze Horseman in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Some noted rock formations involve giant boulders exposed by erosion, such as the Devil's Marbles in Australia's Northern Territory, the Horeke basalts in New Zealand, where an entire valley contains only boulders, and The Baths on the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9520, -1.8561
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Prudhoe
- Postcode
- NE42 5LJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- osm: node/8465679216 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Boulder (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Boulder?
- Boulder is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode NE42 5LJ), in the parish of Prudhoe.
- Is Boulder free to visit?
- Yes, Boulder is free to enter.
- How do I get to Boulder?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE42 5LJ. It sits within the Hexham parliamentary constituency.