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getting to grips with geology
Posted on 24/07/07
P. Klein
A free publication encouraging members of the public to become a rock detective and explore the geological heritage of Leicestershire and Rutland is being offered from by Leicestershire County Councils Community Heritage Initiative.
This colourful booklet, entitled Building Blocks, celebrates and explains the diverse and distinctive role of geology in shaping the character and individuality of our built environment, and gives invaluable information on everything from rock identification, to where to see different rock types in Leicestershire and Rutland. The two counties have a wealth of different rock types from the ancient rocks of Charnwood forest to the limestone of the east, laid down when the area was under a tropical sea.
For a free copy of the Building Blocks booklet or further information please contact Community Heritage Initiative, a project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Rutland County Council at Leicestershire County Council, Holly Hayes, 216 Birstall Road, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4DG, telephone (0116) 267 1377 or email chi@leics.gov.uk. Further details of the Community Heritage Initiative and other natural history information can be found at www.leics.gov.uk/celebrating_wildlife. Further information on the geology of Leicestershire and Rutland is available on the RIGS (Regionally Important Geological Sites) website at www.leics.gov.uk/rigs-home.
News report by T. Robson
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