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Fossilised Tree Aspull
Fossilised Tree Aspull
Photo: Jean Jones
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Item #: 3385
This is a photo my dad took of a fossilised tree that was found during the opencast mining in Aspull a number of years ago.

Comment by: Mike Barton on 14th December 2015 at 16:01

Great photo. "standing trees" were found quite often at this geological horizon in a number of opencast sites across the Wigan area, such as Amberswood, Albert and Millers Lane. The buff coloured rock is the sandstone above the Bottom Ince Yard Mine (also often called the Bulldog Mine).

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