Glacial Erratic - Pargodonnel Rocks (S21)
Glacial Erratic - Pargodonnel Rocks (S21)

A Glacial Erratic rests on the wave cut platform of Mylor Slate (Ordovician) , at Pargodonnel Rocks ,
south of Tregear Point - (between Parc Trammel Cove and Porthleven Harbour).
The Giant's Rock / Moonstone is of a type of garnetiferous gneiss which is not found anywhere else in the UK .
It may have been tranported here by Glacial action during the last Ice Age.
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Location - West of Porthleven In Gallery 21

Ref: 2963

Date: 10/03/2016

Location: SW 6236.2571

Glacial Erratic - Pargodonnel Rocks (S21)

A Glacial Erratic rests on the wave cut platform of Mylor Slate (Ordovician) , at Pargodonnel Rocks ,
south of Tregear Point - (between Parc Trammel Cove and Porthleven Harbour).
The Giant's Rock / Moonstone is of a type of garnetiferous gneiss which is not found anywhere else in the UK .
It may have been tranported here by Glacial action during the last Ice Age.
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Location - West of Porthleven In Gallery 21

Ref: 2963

Date: 10/03/2016

Location: SW 6236.2571