Capple Barrow, Cumbria

Ice-worn rocks, Undermillbeck Common

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This outcrop of Silurian grit has been smoothed off by glacial action. This typically produces a shallow, sloping side where the ice has ground along and a steep face formed by a 'plucking' effect. Beyond is the snow-dusted top of Red Screes whose corries will have contributed ice to the huge glaciers which ground their way out of the Lake District in past Ice Ages.

Uploaded to Geograph by Karl and Ali on 23 March 2014

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