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Limestone: ‘pavement’ plants

Posted on November 22, 2021 by solwayshorewalker

Great Asby Scar, in the Orton Fells on the east side of Cumbria, is one of the best limestone pavements in Britain. From Victorian times until fairly recently, areas of the pavement were plundered and damaged due to the fashion … Continue reading →

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Limestone: the language of pavements

Posted on November 22, 2021 by solwayshorewalker

Clints, grikes, karst, karren and kamenitsas – they are evidence of the power of water in its liquid or frozen state, the power that sculpts limestone to form ‘pavements’. Smooth surfaces, reflecting light from the sky when wet; slippery underfoot; … Continue reading →

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