Poem, illustrations and information plaques at Nose's Point

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    "Accompanying the information plaques and illustrations is a poem in the form of a "mesostic" made from a name, by Alec Finlay and Thomas A Clark. Taken togther, the poem reads: "staNd upOn magneSian limEstone viSualize Prehistoric Oceans In aNcient Times (Nose's Point) smaLl deposIts forMed thEse Stones inTo mOuntains aNd bouldErs (Limestone) Soft grAined saNd anD Shiny quarTz becOme oNe Element (Sandstone) Split sHards And fLinty layErs (Shale) Carbon glOws Ashes bLow (Coal) Coal meAsures R B O millstonNe grIt F E R O carboniferoUs limeStone" (Carboniferous Limestone)" Photo by Oliver Dixon, 2016.

  • Owner

    Oliver Dixon

  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)

  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License

  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4822573
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 6 years, 8 months ago
    Viewed: 635 times
    Picture Taken: 2016-02-10

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