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Earth Heritage Trust @BuildingStones

Geological conservation charity operating in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Joined March 2013
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We are delighted to have delivered our 50th fossil box to a school this week! 🐚 Many thanks indeed to our kind sponsors and The Curry Fund @GeolAssoc for their support. 🪸 To sponsor a box or nominate a school to receive one, please visit our website: earthheritagetrust.org/fossi…
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Two splendid granite erratic boulders moved to be the village boundary marker #Zoutkamp #TheNetherlands
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Glacial erratics outside Louth Museum. The big one is a piece of Whin Sill
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A good day at Countrytastic 2023 earthheritagetrust.org/a-goo…

A good day at Countrytastic 2023 - Earth Heritage Trust

A good day was had by all at Countrytastic this year at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern on Thursday 6th April. Thanks again to all our volunteers

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Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – May 2023 Update earthheritagetrust.org/birmi…

Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – May 2023 Update - Earth Heritage Trust

It’s been another busy month for the Erratics Project! We attended two events, worked on trails 5 (Three Hills Challenge), 6 (Romsley, Clent and

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Fossil Resources Boxes for Schools earthheritagetrust.org/fossi…

Fossil Resources Boxes for Schools - Earth Heritage Trust

The EHT now provides fossil resource boxes for schools across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Museums such as the Lapworth in Birmingham have loan boxes

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Surplus Tools go to a Good Cause earthheritagetrust.org/surpl…

Surplus Tools go to a Good Cause - Earth Heritage Trust

Following a re-organisation of Champion’s Boxes by Sue Hay and the re-location of all the tools used for Geosite Maintenance, Peter Bridges found himself

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Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – April 2023 Update earthheritagetrust.org/birmi…

Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – April 2023 Update - Earth Heritage Trust

After a very variable March, with visits to boulders covered in snow and rain and sunshine we are looking forward to spring and hopefully more flowers and

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Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – March 2023 Update earthheritagetrust.org/birmi…

Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – March 2023 Update - Earth Heritage Trust

We have made a fantastic start to 2023, with the discovery of several previously unknown erratics in the area around Tardebigge near Bromsgrove.  Thanks

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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust Explore Trail Guides earthheritagetrust.org/heref…

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust Explore Trail Guides - Earth Heritage Trust

The H&W Earth Heritage Trust has a large collection of walking trails across the two counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (locations shown on

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Champions at Work around the Two Counties – March 2023 earthheritagetrust.org/champ…

Champions at Work around the Two Counties - March 2023 - Earth Heritage Trust

The Champions Project began way back in 2009, with local volunteers recruited to preserve and promote carefully chosen geological sites. At the end of

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Knighton Map – England and Wales Geological Sheet 180 earthheritagetrust.org/produ…
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New Peak District GeoWalk earthheritagetrust.org/new-p…

New Peak District GeoWalk - Earth Heritage Trust

The Peak District GeoWalk was launched on the 1st January 2023 and is now available as a free download online. This long distance circular walk passes

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Condition Monitoring Training for Local Geological Sites earthheritagetrust.org/condi…

Condition Monitoring Training for Local Geological Sites - Earth Heritage Trust

In Herefordshire and Worcestershire there are over 200 sites that have been designated as Local Geological Sites (LGS).  There are many different types of

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Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – February 2023 Update earthheritagetrust.org/birmi…

Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – February 2023 Update - Earth Heritage Trust

We have had an exciting start to 2023, with a Birmingham and the Black Country Geological Society work party exposing a boulder found near Illey.  This

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Champions at Work around the Two Counties earthheritagetrust.org/champ…

Champions at Work around the Two Counties - February 2023 - Earth Heritage Trust

The Champions Project began way back in 2009, with local volunteers recruited to preserve and promote carefully chosen geological sites. At the end of

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Sad news of the passing of Rosamund Skelton earthheritagetrust.org/sad-n…

Sad news of the passing of Rosamund Skelton - Earth Heritage Trust

It was very sad to hear that Rosamund Skelton died on 20th January 2023 after battling against cancer for many years.  She underwent many treatments and

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New Geopark Way Warden Required earthheritagetrust.org/new-g…

New Geopark Way Warden Required - Earth Heritage Trust

We are looking for a new Geopark Way Warden to look after Section 6: Larford Lake to Abberley. It is not an onerous task as we simply require wardens to

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Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – December 2022 Update earthheritagetrust.org/birmi…

Birmingham’s Erratic Boulders Project – December 2022 Update - Earth Heritage Trust

We have had a busy November, following up on all of the contacts made as a result of the publicity in October.  Zoë and Julie have done a wonderful job

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New data on the stratigraphy, structure and petrology of the Precambrian/Cambrian inlier at Martley earthheritagetrust.org/new-d…

New data on the stratigraphy, structure and petrology of the Precambrian/Cambrian inlier at Martley...

We are delighted to announce that new data is now available online on the stratigraphy, structure and petrology of the Precambrian/Cambrian inlier at

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