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Clyde and Avon Valley Geology Exhibition meeting

Date:
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Location:
Image Gallery

Members of the public are invited to join a meeting on Wednesday 8 November, 6-7:30pm, in New Lanark, to find out more about the forthcoming Clyde and Avon Valley Geology Exhibition.

The exhibition is due to open in New Lanark World Heritage Site in December 2017, and will explore how unique geology of the local area, stretching from the Avon Gorge at Chatelherault Country Park in the north, to the Falls of Clyde at New Lanark in the south, has influenced and shaped the lives of people living here – and continues to do so.

Multimedia and interactive exhibits will explore the 400 million years of the Clyde and Avon Valley’s geological story, from Devonian times to the present day. In particular, it will investigate how the retreating glaciers and the changing rivers sculpted the landscape of the Clyde and Avon Valley that we see today. Visitors will be able to find out about the ancient coal swamps, vast ice sheets and powerful rivers that have shaped the land and the people that lived there throughout history.

Research into themes, and both the major and lesser-known geological sites of the region, has been aided by a stakeholders group that includes representatives from the Falls of Clyde Group, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Wildlife Trust and Hamilton Natural History Society.

As well as providing a chance for members of the public to find out more about the sites and themes of the exhibition, the public meeting will also be an opportunity for people to share stories or images connected to the geology of the landscape, for example, from people who worked in the mines, quarries or farms.

Admission is free. More details can be found here, and places can be booked here.

The venue is:
The Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership
Rosedale Street
New Lanark
ML11 9DJ
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