BOX ROCK CIRCUS
OFFICIALLY OPENED BY PROFESSOR IAIN STEWART
Photo credits Charles Hiscock
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On a rather
damp Tuesday May 14th 2013 a large number of people from the village of
Box, near Corsham, Wiltshire, pupils from the local schools, members of the
Bath Geological Society, and many other interested folk gathered at the Selwyn
Hall recreation field for the official opening of the Box Rock Circus. The
Circus, the brainchild of local geologist and Earth Science Educator Elizabeth
Devon, which had been unofficially unveiled on its completion on the 9th
August 2012, has since received an interpretation board entitled ‘Box Rock
Circus - A magical circle of rocks, fossils and minerals’ and the fossil moulds
inserted into a different position, making them more accessible to the smallest
child.
Amongst a
colourful array of umbrellas, Elizabeth Devon and the Chairman of the Parish
Council welcomed everyone to the event after which Professor Iain Stewart,
Professor of Geoscience Communications at the University of Plymouth and well
known television presenter officially opened the Box Rock Circus. He
enthusiastically praised all those who had the foresight to plan and carry out
the project and the referred to the ages and conditions of formation of the
rock monoliths. He also suggested that other towns and villages should follow
the example of Box. BBC Wiltshire Sound was present to record the event,
interviewing the enthusiastic pupils of Box Primary School. Following the opening
of the Circus by Professor Stewart, a buffet lunch had been prepared for
invited guests in the Box Pavilion.
A full description of the rocks and specimens can be found in
the Avon RIGS blog for 2012 - http://avonrigsoutcrop.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/box-rock-circus.html
when the Circus was unveiled
following its completion. For more information go the website - www.boxrockcircus.org.uk
Charles Hiscock
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