For the latest Northumberland news direct to your inbox every day, go here to sign up to our free newsletter Read More Related Articles trace fossil A structure resulting from the activity of an animal, such as a burrow or a grazing trail. Taylor, B. J., Burgess, I. C., Land, D. H., Mills, D. A. C., Smith, D. B. and Warren, P. T. 1971. Northern England. British Regional Geology. 4th edn, pp. x + 125. H.M.S.O., London. meltwater channel Channel cut by the action of meltwater from a glacier or from snow. Usually unrelated to the present drainage pattern. Paul has worked for 14 years with the Northumberland National Park Authority and 10 with the North Pennines AONB Partnership. He now runs his own independent consultancy Oracle Heritage Services,

Johnson, G. A. L. (compiler), in press. The geology of North East England. Special publication, Natural History Society of Northumbria. Newcastle upon Tyne. And on the wider North East, Helen feels that her three shops are nicely spaced out for people to see a connection between the 'beautiful' places in the region. Every effort has been made to ensure that the contents of this book are accurate and up-to-date. However, information on any changes to footpaths or exposures, or threats to any S.S.S.I., would be welcomed by the Society.

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Mills, D. A. C. & Hull, J. H. 1976. Geology of the country around Barnard Castle. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 32, pp. xii + 385. H.M.S.O., London. We may live on a very small part of the Earth’s crust, but it has had a long and eventful history. Northumberland has travelled across the globe and lain at the bottom of oceans, the ground beneath us has been buried to red-hot depths, broken apart by earthquakes, injected with molten magma and frozen under ice sheets. Only 15,000 years ago did the landscape we know today emerge. You will never look at the landscape in the same way again.” There's more to look forward to in 2022. The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas, Daniel James' debut novel which was nominated for the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize in 2019, will be republished with new material set in 2021 across Newcastle and rural Northumberland.

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