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Metamorphic Topography: How Pre-Cambrian Quarrying Shaped the Anthropic Settlement of Bradgate Park near Leicester

Metamorphic Topography: How Pre-Cambrian Quarrying Shaped the Anthropic Settlement of Bradgate Park near Leicester Bradgate Park in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, occupies one of England’s most ancient exposed geological surfaces: Precambrian volcaniclastic rock older than 560 million years, whose quarrying for diorite and slate left enduring marks on the topography, field […]

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