Salisbury Crags from St Leonards Street

Category

Library Item

Item no

51745

Title

Salisbury Crags from adjacent to 104 St Leonards Street

Artist / maker

Magee, Gregg

Date

2021

Type

Digital image

Salisbury Crags were formed by a combination of volcanic activity and glacial erosion. James Hutton's studies of the Crags formed an important part of his 1788 work 'Theory of the Earth', the book that earned him his reputation as the founder of modern geology.

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