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The Great Fourstone

Lancaster, England

A massive glacial deposit that includes a carved staircase to reach the top.  

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A glacial deposit on the Tatham Fells and also a boundary marker between Yorkshire & Lancashire. Local myth says the Devil dropped it on his way to build the Devil’s Bridge.

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