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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:19 |
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Last winter, volunteers at Swaddywell Pit Nature Reserve, near Helpston, spent their time clearing the way for a geology trail. Pulling away the brambles and weeds revealed a fascinating insight 160 million years back in time to the Jurassic period, when much of Northern Europe was still under the sea. The rocks of Swaddywell were laid down in a tropical Jurassic sea, and have since been pushed and pulled by earth movements. Using a colour guide, which is available at the site, you can walk through the reserve, viewing the features of the land which have been formed over centuries. There are fossils and fault lines, as well as the grassland and flora for which the site is becoming well known.
Swaddywell Pit is run by the Langdyke Countryside Trust, a community organisation dedicated to the preservation and conservation of the natural and built heritage around Peterborough and Stamford.
• For further information, and to see its regular programme of events, visit www.langdyke.org.uk or call 01733 252376.
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